View all examples of PEARLWARE, HAND PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE
| Type Name: | PEARLWARE, HAND PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE |
| Type Index: | REFINED EARTHENWARE |
| Production Origin: | ENGLAND |
| Date Range: | 1775-1840 |
| Defining Attributes: |
White to light cream-colored, thin, hard, compact refined earthenware paste. Transparent or faintly bluish clear lead glaze, caused by the addition of cobalt to the glaze. Bluish cast where glaze pools. Asian-inspired underglaze motifs hand painted in cobalt blue. |
| Vessel Forms: |
BOWL CUP PLATE PLATTER |
| Comments: | Handpainted Chinese-inspired designs on pearlware were eclipsed by transfer printing by about 1812-1815. After about 1820, blue floral designs painted with a bolder stroke than was common in the chinoiserie examples, became more popular. |
| Published Definitions: | Noel Hume 1969, South 1977, Miller 1991, Sussman 2000b |