View all examples of SANTA ELENA MOTTLED BLUE ON WHITE
| Type Name: | SANTA ELENA MOTTLED BLUE ON WHITE |
| Type Index: | MAJOLICA |
| Production Origin: | SPAIN, probably Seville |
| Date Range: | 1500-1600 |
| Defining Attributes: |
Light cream to buff paste color, with a soft, chalky clay texture. Occasionally pink. Paste is the same as that of Columbia Plain. Off-white, cream, or grayish-white tin enamel, usually covering both sides of the vessel. Exterior surface is decorated with amorphous, mottled areas of spongy blue paint. |
| Vessel Forms: |
BOWL JAR |
| Comments: | Santa Elena Mottled Blue on White is part of the 15th-16th century Sevillian "Morisco" majolica tradition. Defined on the basis of sherds from Santa Elena South Carolina (1566-1587), it has so far only been reported from that site, St. Augustine, Florida and Spain. It appears to have been most commonly made in heavy-bodied, utilitarian forms. |
| Published Definitions: | South Skowronek and Johnson 1988:240; Deagan 2002:61 |