Birds of a Feather
Credit: Todd Coleman
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The smeared effect on this 1910 "flow blue" plate from Stoke-on-Trent's Cauldon results from the cobalt pigment running during firing. While this flaw rendered the pieces unsalable in England, it caught on across the Atlantic. Such plates were big sellers here from the 1820s into the 1900s.
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