Flowing Blue Spatter Platter According to Robacker, Flowed Spatter is an overall decoration, normally on both sides of the individual pieces. While the brown ware called Rockingham was made in great quantities both here and abroad, the blue, which was far less common seems to be a strictly American product . . . thus the name Blue Rockingham is sometimes applied to this ware. In this subset of Spatterware, "the spattering takes place first, then the flowing comes afterward as the heat of the kiln dissolves some of the dots of the applied pigment" as explained by the Robackers in Spatterware and Sponge. They devote an entire chapter to this ware with many examples pictured. In fact an almost identical piece is pictured on p.66 of Spatterware and Sponge, Hardy Perennials of Ceramics. This little platter, 13-1/2" long and 9-1/4' wide has a relief molded edge and a very pleasing shape. The dots of the applied pigment and their subsequent flowing in the kiln are clearly discernable leaving no doubt that this is in fact rightly called Flowing Blue Spatter. The platter is in excellent condition and dates to the second half of the 19th Century, 1860-1880. $245.00 F6C26073 Questions? Ask the Ferret!
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