View all examples of TUMACACORI POLYCHROME
| Type Name: | TUMACACORI POLYCHROME |
| Type Index: | MAJOLICA |
| Production Origin: | MEXICO |
| Date Range: | 1780-1860 |
| Defining Attributes: |
Paste is typically cream to buff/tan in color with heavy sand tempering Light blue background enamel with designs in dark brown/black, blue, green, yellow, and orange Typically designs include a wavy line surrounded by dots and floral motifs Designs are placed around the rims, in the center of vessles, and sometimes in Chinese-inspried reserved panels Plates often have molded, undulating rims |
| Vessel Forms: |
CUP PLATE |
| Comments: | Barnes (1972) recognizes three varieties: Tumacacori I, 1780-1820, cahracterized by a thin, wavy black line with alternating blue and green floral elements above and below it; Tumacacori II, 1810-1840, characterized by a wavy black line with blue dots at the highest and lowest points of the line; and Tumuacacori III, 1830-1860, characterized by green dots outlined in black, which are surrounded by blue dots connected by stemlike black lines. |
| Published Definitions: | Barnes 1972; Deagan 1987; Goggin 1968; May 1972, 1976 |