Mid 19th-century cobalt blue floral spongeware pitcher

It's an American country decorating icon! That's new Spode in the background. All on my grandmother's Victorian lace tablecloth.

 

This is a great link about collecting blue & white spongeware -

 

magazines.ivillage.com/countryliving/collect/icons/articl...

 

And here's a link to the history of the color:

 

webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/history/coblue.html

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