View all examples of CAPARRA BLUE
| Type Name: | CAPARRA BLUE |
| Type Index: | MAJOLICA |
| Production Origin: | SEVILLE, SPAIN |
| Date Range: | 1492-1600 |
| Defining Attributes: |
Paste is chalky and ranges from cream to pinkish-orange in color. The exterior surface is covered with solid blue tin-enamel ranging from light blue to dark gray-blue, and frequently has a specked or sponged appearance. The interior surface is covered with white or off-white tin enamel. No designs have been reported on either surface. |
| Vessel Forms: |
ALBARELO |
| Comments: | The only vessel form reported so far for Caparra Blue is the albarelo, or Spanish drug jar. |
| Published Definitions: | De Hostos 1938; Goggin 1968; Deagan 1987 |