View all examples of CUENCA TILE-TYPE B
| Type Name: | CUENCA TILE-TYPE B |
| Type Index: | MAJOLICA |
| Production Origin: | SPAIN |
| Date Range: | 1500-1575 |
| Defining Attributes: |
Paste is typically cream to buff in color. Off-white background with impressed designs painted in green, blue, honey, or black. Design motifs are predominantly floral and naturalistic designs. |
| Vessel Forms: |
TILE |
| Comments: | The stamped designs on Cuenca Tile-Type B are generally impressed deeper than those on Type A. Type B also uses green as the main decorative color to a greater degree than Type A which uses more blue. Type B tiles average 2.75 centimeters in thickness and 10.9 to 11.2 centimeters per side. Designs are naturalistic , curvilinear, and renaissance in inspiration. |
| Published Definitions: | Deagan 1987; Goggin 1968 |