Davenport "Amoy" Flow Blue Dinner Plate, c. 1840

Quantity: Sold individually. 4 available.

A striking antique Davenport “Amoy” flow blue plate, featuring a richly saturated cobalt-blue Chinoiserie landscape with a pagoda-style pavilion, flowering plants, bridge, and water. The pattern is framed by a beautifully detailed border of alternating decorative panels, with the characteristic deep cobalt flow and soft, blurred edges that make early flow blue so atmospheric.

The “Amoy” pattern is Davenport’s interpretation of an East Asian-inspired landscape, named for Amoy (now Xiamen), a major Chinese port that was an important center of trade with the West during the 19th century. Davenport produced the pattern in a variety of table and tea wares, making pieces like this particularly lovely for building a collected antique table setting.

This example has a wonderful octagonal/stepped form, with the molded border emphasizing the unusual shape. The transfer is especially heavily flowed, with areas of intense cobalt bleeding into the white ground and creating a beautifully painterly effect. The underside is impressed/marked “AMOY.”

Origin: Longport, Staffordshire, England
Maker: Davenport
Pattern: Amoy
Date: c. 1840–1860
Material: Earthenware
Decoration: Flow blue transferware
Dimensions: 10.5" diameter
Condition: Antique condition with age-related crazing, discoloration, and minor imperfections consistent with age and use. Please see photographs for details.

Please Note: Antique transferware naturally varies from piece to piece. Differences in the flow and intensity of the transfer, color saturation, pattern clarity, crazing, staining, discoloration, and other signs of age are to be expected. These variations are part of the character and beauty of antique ceramics, and each piece will have its own individual appearance.