Bow Powder Blue Octagonal Dessert Plate, and Isleworth Fluted Dessert Plate, shown with a Kangxi Powder (or Blown)

Blue Dish, c1690-1720 (center).  Bow, Worcester and Isleworth copied the Chinese export originals, blowing dry

cobalt through a bamboo straw  onto an oiled surface, masking the reserves for painting.  They are among the most striking

of all early English porcelains.