Early Bow blooms as plates make £6800

“SOME types of Bow have revived in popularity and botanical subjects are very popular,” said specialist Deborah Clarke, after a set of four octagonal plates, two shown right, were consigned by a Scottish collector to Bonhams (17.5 per cent buyer’s premium) sale of ceramics and glass in Edinburgh on June 28.

The estimate of £800-1200 reflected the damage to the rims of the plates. “These were not chips. The…

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