Spongeware

This bowl arrived today. It is in a spongeware style although the decoration is not sponged but painted in broad brush strokes.

I know very little about spongeware but know that there are Scottish and Welsh styles as well as English.

Can anybody tell me if this is a known named pattern?

Thanks
John

 

Do they have pattern names? I don't think I've ever seen one named.

 

In the Netherlands we would call this pattern 'boerenbont', but I have no idea about British pattern names.

 

Yes. Persian Rose is a popular pattern

 

I don't think that's British, I think it's Iberian or Provencal.

 

Ah! I have one like that! It was my first spongeware purchase and I love it!

 

At least one of mine is from Belgium

 

I knew I had seen it before! My parents had one of those covered ashtrays, the same kind of ware, bought from a potter someplace near Javea, south of Valencia.

 

I've seen very similar in Catalunya - it's one of those generic patterns.

And now I think, there's a teapot stand somewhere in this house with that design.

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