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Type Name: | PEARLWARE, HAND PAINTED POLYCHROME, LATE |
Type Index: | REFINED EARTHENWARE |
Production Origin: | ENGLAND |
Date Range: | 1830-1840 |
Defining Attributes: |
White to light cream-colored, thin, hard refined earthenware paste. White to faint bluish white clear lead glaze, caused by the addition of cobalt to the glaze. There is a bluish cast where the glaze pools. Hand painted floral designs, initially in brown, mustard, yellow and olive green, and, after 1830, pinkish-red, black, light blue, and light green shades were added to the palette. |
Vessel Forms: |
BOWL CUP PLATTER SAUCER |
Comments: | This type was popular among the poorer classes. The paste of pearlware produced after 1810 is heavier and whiter with a harder glaze that may vary in color from almost clear to deeply bluish tinted. |
Published Definitions: | Noel Hume 1969, South 1977, Miller 1991 |
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