Antique Blue Canton Plates
Price range: $24.00 through $49.00
A popular Chinese export pattern named after the city Canton (Guangzhou) from which it was exported. This ready-made pattern usually served as ballast on the cargo ships and was loaded first before the more precious commodity of tea because it could withstand salt water. Then sold directly from the ship once it reached American ports.
All with underglaze blue decoration, featuring rain and cloud or straight line borders, large pagoda on right, and bridge in foreground.
5 BB 6″D plates
3 Shallow bowls approximately 5.75’D
3 Dinners all approximately 10″D.
3 Luncheon 9″D
2 Salads all approximately 7″
** If you feel strongly about which specific plate you want, please email me: katherine@penderandpeony.com
Description
Mix of rain and cloud border (early to mid 19th century) and straight-line (later 19th century).
Condition notes: one luncheon has repaired rim with slight crack visible on back, see photo.
One luncheon with two cracks in rim, see photo.
One salad with slight chip to rim. One shallow bowl with chips to rim and crack, see photo.
One BB has chip to back of rim.
