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Type Name: | SEVILLA BLUE ON WHITE |
Type Index: | MAJOLICA |
Production Origin: | SPAIN |
Date Range: | 1530-1650 |
Defining Attributes: |
Creamy yellow or sometimes rosy yellow compact paste. Thick, white, glossy enamel glaze that often has fine crazing, fine black specks, pinholes or firing marks. Designs are painted in a light cobalt blue, and are small in scale, detailed and usually carefully executed. Blue paint sometimes has a foamy appearance. Motifs include floral elements, dots, stripes, short, thick lines and monograms. Vessels are Italianate-style and ring-footed, with thin, light vessel walls. |
Vessel Forms: |
BOWL BRIMMED PLATO |
Comments: | This ware has not been reported from New World sites other than Mexico |
Published Definitions: | Deagan 1987; Lister and Lister 1982, 1987 |