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| Type Name: | WHIELDON WARE, PINEAPPLE PATTERNED |
| Type Index: | REFINED EARTHENWARE |
| Production Origin: | ENGLAND |
| Date Range: | 1740-1770 |
| Defining Attributes: |
White to light cream colored, thin, hard, compact paste Background glaze is cream to off-white in color May have yellowish to greenish cast where glaze pools Mottled and spattered designs in purple, blue, brown, yellow, green and grey Tureen lids are molded into the shape of a pineapple |
| Vessel Forms: |
TUREEN |
| Comments: | Whieldonware is the first of the refined earthenwares and as such is found in the same mold patterns as those used in white salt glazed stoneware, including barley, bead and reel, and dot, diaper and basket. This type is also known as "clouded" ware. |
| Published Definitions: | Noel Hume 1969, South 1977 |