Old Things: Flow Blue china's popularity ebbs and flows. Updated: Apr. 25, 2011, 6:00 p.m. ... In the middle of the 19th century, a new “twist” was introduced to the pattern.

Although flow blue came in many designs, it’s the Asian motifs of the early Victorian period (1835 to 1850) that remain the most desirable. Floral and Japanese patterns were produced in the ...