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Catalogo de Colecciones Ceramica Colonial
Nombre Tipológico: ABO POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: "probably" PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción: 1650-1750
Definir Atributos: Thin, cream to buff, compact coarse earthenware paste
without visible temper.
Opaque, off-white, reflective background tin enamel.
Polychrome design in yellow, green, orange and blue.
Yellow and orange paints usually have a matte finish,
while green and blue are underglaze and reflective.
Motif is a generalized floral design, consisting of clusters
of balloon-like elements and lobe- like elements accented
in black. Human and animal figures sometimes occur in
the center of plates.
Rims are encircled by an orange band with one
brown/black line above and two below.
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
PLATO
Comentarios: Unlike the related Aranama Polychrome, there is a great
deal of open white background space on Abó polychrome, and very little use of the geometric elements seen in Aranama Polychrome.
Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 1987; Goggin 1968
Nombre Tipológico: ABO POLYCHROME VARIANT
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción: 1650-1750
Definir Atributos: Thin, cream to buff, compact coarse earthenware paste without visible
temper.
Opaque, off-whiterreflective background tin enamel.
Polychrome design in orange and blue dots or lobe-like elements.
Blue lobed pendants present on the marlie. In the center of the vessel is a human, animal, or floral motif
outlined in black and filled in with dots or parallel lobe-like elements.
Forma del Recipiente : PLATO
Comentarios: Found in Mexico and Florida, Hale Smith called this variety "Abo
Polychrome Type B." Examples found in Florida also have a brown-banded
orange border.
Definiciones Publicadas: Smith 1965
Nombre Tipológico: ABO POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: "probably" PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción: 1650-1750
Definir Atributos: Thin, cream to buff, compact coarse earthenware paste
without visible temper.
Opaque, off-white, reflective background tin enamel.
Polychrome design in yellow, green, orange and blue. Yellow
and orange paints usually have a matte finish, while green
and blue are underglaze and reflective.
Motif is a generalized floral design, consisting of clusters of
balloon-like elements and lobe- like elements accented in
black. Human and animal figures sometimes occur in the
center of plates.
Rims are encircled by an orange band with one brown/black
line above and two below.
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
PLATO
Comentarios: Unlike the related Aranama Polychrome, there is a great
deal of open white background space on Abó polychrome,
and very little use of the geometric elements seen in
Aranama Polychrome.
Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 1987; Goggin 1968
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Nombre Tipológico: AGATE WARE
Categoría Cerámica: LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción: 1740-1775
Definir Atributos: Paste consists of multiple colors, usually red and white colored clays mixed
together to create veins seen both inside and out.
Paste is reletively hard, and thin.
Clear lead glaze, making the surface appear swirled with light and dark browns.
The rim may be decorated at with a yellow band incised with roulette
impressions.
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
DOOR KNOB
HANDLE
PLATE
PLATTER
TEA POT
Comentarios: Versions with a yellow decorated band were common in the third quarter of the
eighteenth century. There was a revival of agate wares used as doorknobs in the
late nineteenth century.
Definiciones Publicadas: Noel Hume 1969, South 1977
Nombre Tipológico: AMANCLAN POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: MEXICO
Fecha de Producción: 1800-1900
Definir Atributos: Cream to peach-colored paste, usually with heavy sand tempering.
Designs in orange or rust and black or dark brown, on an off-white
background.
Banded decoration, often surrounding wavy line and dots most common,
floral decorations may also occur.
Decoration on rim and body.
Forma del Recipiente : CUP
PLATE
Comentarios: Seifert (1977) believes that this type was most likely produced in Puebla,
Mexico.
Nombre Tipológico: ANDALUSIA POLYCHROME A
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: SEVILLA, SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1575-1625
Definir Atributos: Soft, chalky cream-colored paste.
Off-white background enamel with designs in blue with yellow and orange
accents.
Enamel is fairly lustrous and reflective, fine crazing is usually present
Design motif is a bold floral design.
Forma del Recipiente : JAR
PLATE
POCILLO
Comentarios: McEwan (1988) states that this type was produced from the late 16th to
early 17th century. Andalusian Polychrome A has only been found at Banos
de la Reina, Sevilla, the Convento de San Francisco, Dominican Republic,
Nombre Tipológico: ANNULAR WARE, BANDED
Categoría Cerámica: REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción: 1785-1840
Definir Atributos: White to light cream-colored, thin, hard, compact paste.
Background glaze may be pure white on whiteware, very light blue on
pearlware, or pale creamy yellow on creamware.
Decorated with horizontal bands of colored slip applied in varying widths.
These can include bands of lathe turned grooves or patterns.
Colors are predominantly muted earth tones including, black, olive green, tan,
rust, brown, ochre yellow, grey, and pale blue.
May also include inlaid and cut away slip decoration.
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
JUG
MUG
Comentarios: Banded annular ware is part of the Factory-made Slipware group of refined
earthenware ceramics decorated with applied slip decoration. These were
produced in great quantity during the last quarter of the eighteenth century
through the nineteenth century in England and the United States. Banding
occurred both as a primary decorative element and in conjunction with other
design elements such as marbling, or the dendritic patterns found on mocha
ware. The banded pattern can be found on creamware 1785-1815, pearlware
1790-1820, or whiteware 1830-20th century. It is most often found on white
wares. After 1840 annular wares became available only in the blue banded
variety and its use continued into the 20th century.
Definiciones Publicadas: Noel Hume 1969, Miller 1991, Sussman 1997
Nombre Tipológico: ANNULAR WARE, CABLED
Categoría Cerámica: REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción: 1790-1820
Definir Atributos: White to light cream colored, thin, hard, compact paste
Background glaze may be, very light blue on pearlware, or pale
creamy yellow on creamware
Swirling, wavy lines of usually blue, black and white colored slip
applied to a banded annular ware
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
CHAMBER POT
MUG
PITCHER
Comentarios: Wormy finger painted is also known as cabling and worming,
and is found most commonly on pearlwares.
Definiciones Publicadas: Noel Hume 1969, Sussman 1997
Nombre Tipológico: ANNULAR WARE, MARBELIZED
Categoría Cerámica: REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción: 1782-1820
Definir Atributos: White to light cream colored, thin, hard, compact paste
Background glaze may be very light blue on pearlware, or pale creamy
yellow on creamware
Decorated with horizontal bands of color in varying widths. These can
include bands of lathe turned grooves or patterns. Colors are
predominantly muted earth tones including, black, olive green, tan, rust,
brown, ochre yellow, grey, and pale blue.
Marbleized decorative elements occur in the widest bands, created by
swirling of different colored slips applied to the vessel surface.
Slip colors are usually earth tones including green, blue, light brown,
cream, dark brown and rust
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
CHAMBER POT
MUG
PITCHER
TEA POT
Comentarios: Marbling is found on vases, flower pots and urns as early as 1760, but was
not used in tablewares for another twenty years. While the popularity of
marbling began to dramatically decline around 1820, this technique was
still being used until about 1850.
Definiciones Publicadas: Noel Hume 1969, Sussman 1997
Nombre Tipológico: ANNULAR WARE, MOCHA
Categoría Cerámica: REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción: 1795-1895
Definir Atributos: White to light cream colored, thin, hard, compact paste.
Background glaze may be white on whiteware, very light blue on
pearlware, or pale creamy yellow on creamware.
Decorated with horizontal bands of colored slip applied in varying widths.
Colors are predominantly muted earth tones including, black, olive
green, tan, rust, brown, ochre yellow, grey, and pale blue.
The widest color bands contain dendritic or fern-like designs, usually in
dark brown. Other colors, such as blue, green and pink were used
infrequently.
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
MUG
PITCHER
Comentarios: Mocha ware is part of the Factory-made Slipware group of refined
earthenware ceramics decorated with applied slip decoration. These
were produced in great quantity during the last quarter of the eighteenth
century through the nineteenth century in England and the United
States. The mocha pattern is found more often on creamware than
pearlware or whiteware, and the same dendritic design is also commonly
found on Yellow wares. These pieces date from the second half of the
19th century.
Definiciones Publicadas: Noel Hume 1969, Miller 1991, Sussman 1997
Nombre Tipológico: ARANAMA POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción: 1750-1800
Definir Atributos: Cream to orange-colored, hard, compact paste.
Interior and Exterior are covered with an off-white backgroud enamel.
Orange band framed in brown-black around the rim and around the
base of the brim.
Brim and center of vessel are filled with floral and geometric designs
with green and yellow the predominant colors.
A second variety is defined by a black-bordered orange rim band with
orange and yellow floral elements pendant from it. In the center of
the vessel is a human figure.
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
PLATE
TAZA
Comentarios: This type marked the initiation of a green-on-orange polychrome
tradition that extended throughout the 19th century in Mexico and replaced the 18th century blue-on-white
emphasis. The second variety is easily confused with Abo Polychrome. The design motifs overlap but Abo
generally has a freer use of blue, a larger number of balloon-like elements, and more open unpainted
background areas than Aranama.
Definiciones Publicadas: Goggin 1968; May 1972; Lister and Lister 1974; Deagan 1987
Nombre Tipológico: ASTBURY
Categoría Cerámica:
Lugar de Producción:
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico: AUCILLA POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción: 1650-1700
Definir Atributos: Tan or terra-cotta-colored grainy paste.
Off-white or grayish background enamel.
Designs include green dots, ovoids, or amorphous areas set off by
orange bands framed in black. These bands border the center and the
rim of the vessels.
Rims characteristically have a single row of ovals or dots between two
bands of black framed orange.
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
Comentarios: The color of the green pigment of Aucilla Polychrome is lighter and more
yellowish than the dark green of San Luis Polychrome.
Definiciones Publicadas: Goggin 1968; Deagan 2002
Nombre Tipológico: BIOT JAR
Categoría Cerámica: LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: FRANCE
Fecha de Producción: 1700-1750
Definir Atributos: Hard, gritty paste that is buff to pinkish in color.
Body has a whiteish slip covered in a clear lead glaze, resulting in a light
yellow color.
Forma del Recipiente : STORAGE JAR
Comentarios: Biot Jars were produced during the first half of the 18th century in the Biot
region of southern France. The jars were barrel-shaped, approximately
four feet tall, and were used as storage containers for both dry and wet
goods.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico: BIZCOCHO
Categoría Cerámica: UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1500-1550
Definir Atributos: Thin (2-7mm), cream or off-white color compact, chalky paste.
Smoothed surface, no glaze.
Molded decoration on vessel bodies and rims.
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
CUP
PLATE
VASE
Comentarios: Bizcocho can appear like a bisque firing for majolica (before the glaze is
applied and fired), however the surface of bizcocho usually smoothed and
finished, and the paste is normally harder than majolica bisque. Although
it continued to be produced and used in Spain until at least the nineteenth
century, it’s occurrence in the circum-Caribbean region seems restricted to
Nombre Tipológico: BLACK LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Categoría Cerámica: LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: MEXICO
Fecha de Producción: 1700-1770
Definir Atributos: Cream to reddish brown-colored, compact, sandy paste.
Interior and exterior of vessels are covered with an opaque, reflective
black glaze, occasionally with a lustrous appearance.
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
JAR
PITCHER
PLATE
SAUCER
Comentarios: Examples from Florida exhibit paste ranging in color from cream to
orange-ish brown. Examples reported from the southwestern United States
have a reddish-brown paste. Black Lead-glazed Coarse Earthenware is
distinguished from English Buckley ware by its single-color paste.
Nombre Tipológico: BLUE-GREEN BACIN
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1750-1820
Definir Atributos: Hard, cream-colored paste.
Walls of vessels are usually
ridged.
Background is an off-white to
tan tin-enamel with blue and
green decorations.
The everted rim is usually
decorated with a series of
dashes.
Crude floral and geometric
motifs in green and blue are
most common decorations on
body.
Most examples are decorated
only on rim and exterior, but
interior decorations are also
known.
Forma del Recipiente : BACIN
LEBRILLO
Comentarios: The type name "Blue Green Basin" defined by John Goggin
(1968) is somewhat confusing, in that the paste, surface
treatment and decoration that defines the type occurs
commonly both in chamberpot forms (bacín) and large shallow
basin forms (lebrillo). The ware was probably manufactured in
Triana. It appears to be a strictly utilitarian ceramic type, with a
harder paste and heavier body than most other majolicas
Definiciones Publicadas: Goggin 1968; Deagan 1987; Solis 1988:88
Nombre Tipológico: CAPARRA BLUE
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: SEVILLE, SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1492-1600
Definir Atributos: Paste is chalky and ranges from cream to pinkish-orange in color.
The exterior surface is covered with solid blue tin-enamel ranging
from light blue to dark gray-blue, and frequently has a specked or
sponged appearance. The interior surface is covered with white or off-
white tin enamel.
No designs have been reported on either surface.
Forma del Recipiente : ALBARELO
Comentarios: The only vessel form reported so far for Caparra Blue is the albarelo,
or Spanish drug jar.
Definiciones Publicadas: De Hostos 1938; Goggin 1968; Deagan 1987
Nombre Tipológico: CASTILLO POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción: 1680-1710
Definir Atributos: Paste is usually cream to near white in color, but can range to buff or
light orange.
Glossy white to off-white background color with designs painted in
light blue or blue and black.
Blue designs painted in naturalistic and geometric motifs accented
with thin black lines that serve to detail desgins.
Black designs serve as detailing such as scales, fur, etc. and to fill
large blue areas in the form of cross-hatching.
Exteriors of vessels often decorated with a row of overlapping arches
Forma del Recipiente : PLATE
Comentarios: Castillo Polychrome is relatively uncommon in the circum-Caribbean
area and Florida. It is related to and sometimes overlaps with to
Puaray Polychrome, another, slightly earlier Puebla tradition majolica
variety. Castillo Polychrome designs cover most of the vessel, and
seem to make more ubiquitous use of black line detailing over the blue
than does Puaray Polychrome, as described by John Goggin.
Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 1987; Goggin 1968
Nombre Tipológico: CATALONIA BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: CATALONIA, SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1760-1820
Definir Atributos: Cream to tan-colored coarse paste with light sand temper.
Off-white background enamel which covers the entire vessel.
Design elements include a well-defined central element, surrounded by
decoration around the marly. Rims have two narrow blue bands just
below the lip of the vessel, from which pendant designs in the form of
short graduated lines are clustered.
At least five design categories have been noted, including vertical panels
containing stylized cherry-like elements, garlands, festoons or floral
clusters on the marli, and various rim treatments made up of short
straight lines and floral elements.
Forma del Recipiente : PLATO
Comentarios: Catalonia blue-on-white majolica was influenced by Italian majolica,
French faience, and Dutch delftware. In this respect it resembles
eighteenth century Talaveran majolica. All of the various design
configurations date to the last quarter of the eighteenth century,
however the marly panels and cherries are thought to appear occur
closer to the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 2002; Batllori Munne and Llubia Munne 1949; Solis 1988
Nombre Tipológico: COLUMBIA PLAIN
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1490-1650
Definir Atributos: Light cream to buff paste color, with a soft, chalky clay texture. Occasionally
pink.
Off-white, cream, or grayish-white tin enamel, usually covering both sides of
the vessel. The quality of the enamel varies widely among vessels, from
thin, irregular and shiny, to thick, matte and smooth.
Appliquéd appendages sometimes occur on early examples, most often
vertical I-shaped handles or everted, scalloped lugs.
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
CHAMBER POT
ESCUDILLA
INKWELL
JAR
PITCHER
PLATO
Comentarios: Columbia Plain is part of the "Morisco" (Christianized Muslim) ceramic
tradition of fifteenth century southwestern Spain, centered around Seville. It
is the most frequently encountered majolica type on New World sites of the
sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. It’s paste and background
enamel characteristics are shared by all of the commonly-occurring
decorated Morisco tradition majolica types found in the Americas, including
Yayal B/W, Santo Domingo Blue on White, Isabela Polychrome, Santa Elena
Mottled). Certain formal characteristics sometimes help distinguish between
"early" (pre-1550) and "late" (post-1550) Columbia Plain, such as a raised
"dimple" in the center of a concave base, and variously shaped appliqued
appendages. Ring feet are more common after 1550, although not exclusive
to that period.
Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 1987; Fairbanks 1973; Goggin 1968; Lister and Lister 1982, 1987,
1991; Boone 1984
Nombre Tipológico: COLUMBIA PLAIN GREEN DIPPED
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1490-1565
Definir Atributos: Light cream to buff paste color, with a soft, chalky, spongy clay texture.
Occasionally pink.
Off-white, cream, or grayish-white tin enamel, over which a light green,
grass green or turquoise green lead glaze has been applied (usually
through dipping).
Appliquéd appendages sometimes occur most often vertical I-shaped lug
handles .
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
ESCUDILLA
JAR
PLATO
Comentarios: Columbia Plain Green Dipped is essentially Columbia Plain with a portion
of the vessel covered with a green lead glaze. Small fragments may be
totally covered in the green glaze, and care should be taken not to
misidentify these as a lead-glazed ware.
Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 1987; Fairbanks 1973; Goggin 1968; Lister and Lister 1982
Nombre Tipológico: COLUMBIA PLAIN GUNMETAL
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1490-1650
Definir Atributos: Light cream to buff paste color, with a soft, chalky clay texture.
Occasionally pink.
Medium to dark grey or blue-grey tin enamel covering the vessel,
produced by the addition of iron oxide or manganese to the tin glaze.
Otherwise undecorated.
Forma del Recipiente : ESCUDILLA
PLATO
Comentarios: There has been some debate among archaeologists about whether the
dark blue-grey of Gunmetal Columbia Plain was an intentional attribute,
or one that occurs as a post-depositional consequence on sherds
submerged or buried in substances high in iron or manganese. Some
cross-mended archaeological examples show that this latter situation
does, indeed occur (see Columbia Plain Type Index Specimen # 2885),
however the presence of Spanish museum examples with this kind of
coloration (see Lister and Lister 1987:109), suggests that the gunmetal
enamel also comprises an intentional variety of Columbia Plain.
Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 1987; Lister and Lister 1982,1987
Nombre Tipológico: CREAMWARE, FEATHER EDGED
Categoría Cerámica: REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción: 1765-1810
Definir Atributos: White to light cream-colored, thin, hard, compact (although
slightly porous) paste.
Creamy yellow surface glaze caused by the addition of
copper to a transparent lead glaze.
Yellowish to greenish cast where glaze pools.
Raised lobe or feather design around rim.
Forma del Recipiente : PLATE
PLATTER
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas: Noel Hume 1969, Miller 199, Sussman 2000b
Nombre Tipológico: CREAMWARE, PLAIN
Categoría Cerámica: REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción: 1762-1820
Definir Atributos:
White to light cream-colored, thin, hard, compact (although
slightly porous) paste.
Creamy yellow surface glaze caused by the addition of copper
to a transparent lead glaze.
Yellowish to greenish cast where glaze pools.
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
CUP
PITCHER
PLATE
PLATTER
Nombre Tipológico: CREAMWARE, ROYAL
Categoría Cerámica: REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción: 1762-1820
Definir Atributos: White to light cream-colored, thin, hard, compact (although slightly
porous) paste.
Creamy yellow surface glaze caused by the addition of copper to a
transparent lead glaze.
Yellowish to greenish cast where glaze pools.
Gently scalloped marly and rim shape, with a narrow molded band below
and following the shape of the rim.
Forma del Recipiente : PLATE
PLATTER
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas: Noel Hume 1969, Miller 1991, Sussman 2000b
Nombre Tipológico: CREAMWARE, TRANSFER PRINTED
Categoría Cerámica: REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción: 1770-1815
Definir Atributos: White to light cream-colored, thin, hard, compact (although slightly porous)
paste.
Creamy yellow surface glaze caused by the addition of copper to a transparent
lead glaze.
Yellowish to greenish cast where glaze pools.
Black transfer printed decoration in a variety of pastoral, naturalistic, social
and commemorative designs.
Forma del Recipiente : PLATE
PLATTER
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas: Noel Hume 1969, South 1977, Miller
Nombre Tipológico: CUATLAZINGO POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: MEXICO
Fecha de Producción: 1800-1900
Definir Atributos: Cream to peach-colored, occasionally terra cotta, paste.
Decoration in rust/orange and black/dark brown on white to off-white
background.
Rust/orange band bordered by black/dark brown decoration.
Other decorative motifs included floral designs and dots.
Forma del Recipiente : CUP
PLATE
Comentarios: Seifert (1977) believes that this type was most likely produced in Puebla,
Mexico.
Definiciones Publicadas: Seifert 1977
Nombre Tipológico: CUENCA TILE-TYPE A
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1500-1575
Definir Atributos: Paste is typically cream to buff in color although reddish paste has been
noted.
Off-white background with impressed designs painted in blue, green,
manganese, honey, or gold.
Geometric design motifs including linked polygons, chains, and eight-
pointed stars.
Forma del Recipiente : TILE
Comentarios: These tiles typically measure 10.9 to 11.2 centimeters per side and from 2.5
to 3 centimeters in thickness. Moorish in inspiration and tradition, straight-
lined geometric designs are the most common, however geometric designs
using curves are known.
Nombre Tipológico: CUENCA TILE-TYPE B
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1500-1575
Definir Atributos: Paste is typically cream to buff in color.
Off-white background with impressed designs painted in green, blue,
honey, or black.
Design motifs are predominantly floral and naturalistic designs.
Forma del Recipiente : TILE
Comentarios: The stamped designs on Cuenca Tile-Type B are generally impressed
deeper than those on Type A. Type B also uses green as the main
decorative color to a greater degree than Type A which uses more blue.
Type B tiles average 2.75 centimeters in thickness and 10.9 to 11.2
centimeters per side. Designs are naturalistic , curvilinear, and
renaissance in inspiration.
Nombre Tipológico: CUERDA SECA
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1490-1550
Definir Atributos: Paste is soft, cream-colored and compact.
Geometric areas of colored tin enamel set apart by bands of unglazed
pottery.
The enamel areas include green, melado, blue, white and brown
colors.
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
JAR
PLATO
Comentarios: The enamel areas are separated by greased lines before firing. The
greased areas burn away during firing, leaving the paste exposed.
Cuerda Seca is clearly of the Moorish tradition.
Nombre Tipológico: DELFTWARE, BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica: DELFTWARE
Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND AND HOLLAND
Fecha de Producción: 1630-1790
Definir Atributos: Paste is cream to light buff colored and often chalky-feeling.
Background enamel is white to bluish-white in color, is generally smooth, and
tends to have a matte, or low-gloss surface finish. The tin enamel surface is
often poorly bonded, and tends to flake off the paste body more readily than
majolica or faience.
Designs are painted in blue or cobalt blue, with a very wide variety of styles and
motifs, including geometric, floral, landscape, figural, animals and Chinese
designs
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
MUG
PLATE
PLATTER
VASE
Comentarios: Design motifs and painting techniques on Blue and White Delftware provide
chronological indicators, and can also help distinguish delftware from French
faience or Spanish majolica. These decoration types and date ranges have been
documented by Ellen Shlasko (1989, see also Miller 2002).
Definiciones Publicadas: Noel Hume 1970, 1977; 2001; Shlasko 1989; Black 2001; Miller 2002;
http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Historic_Ceramic_Web_Page
Nombre Tipológico: DELFTWARE, DUTCH
Categoría Cerámica:
Lugar de Producción:
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
DELFTWARE, PLAIN
Categoría Cerámica:
DELFTWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND AND HOLLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1640-1800
Definir Atributos:
Paste is cream to light buff-colored and often chalky feeling.
Background enamel is white to bluish-white to very pale blue in color, without decoration. It is
generally smooth and even, and tends to have a matte, or low-gloss surface finish, sometimes
with pinholing.
The tin enamel is often poorly bonded, and tends to flake off the paste body more readily than
Spanish majolica or French faience.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CHAMBER POT
DRUG JAR
PLATE
VASE
Comentarios:
Undecorated delftware can sometimes be dated by form. Plates (table flatware less than 10"
in diameter) were produced in the greatest numbers from about 1680 until 1800. Bottles
occurred primarily between 1620 and 1680. Most drug jars were produced in the 17th and
18th centuries, and punch bowls (large and small) were produced in the greatest numbers
between 1680 and 1780. See references for more specific information.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1970, 1977; 2001; Shlasko 1989; Black 2001; Miller 2002;
http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Historic_Ceramic_Web_Page
Nombre Tipológico:
DELFTWARE, POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
DELFTWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND AND HOLLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1571-1790
Definir Atributos:
Paste is cream to light buff-colored and often chalky feeling
Background enamel surface is white to blueish-white to very pale blue in color. It is generally
smooth and even, and tends to have a matte, or low-gloss surface finish, sometimes with
pinholing.
The tin enamel is frequently poorly bonded, and tends to flake off the paste body more readily
than Spanish majolica or French faience
Designs, including geometric, floral, landscape, figural, animals and Chinese motifs, are painted
in blue, green, yellow, black, red, and manganese purple.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
MUG
PLATE
PLATTER
VASE
Comentarios:
Banding, cross-hatched line and dot, and floral elements are common eighteenth century rim
treatments. For information on dating decorative motifs on Delftware see Shlasko (1989) and
(Miller 2002).
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1970, 1977; 2001; Shlasko 1989; Black 2001; Miller 2002;
http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Historic_Ceramic_Web_Page
Nombre Tipológico:
DELFTWARE, SPONGED
Categoría Cerámica:
DELFTWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND AND HOLLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1708-1790
Definir Atributos:
Paste is cream to light-buff colored and often chalky feeling.
Background enamel is white to bluish-white in color, is generally smooth, and tends to have a
matte, or low-gloss surface finish. The tin enamel surface is often poorly bonded, and tends to
flake off the paste body more readily than majolica or faience.
Vessel exteriors are decorated by sponging blue or purple (manganese) over the surface.
Sponging can cover the surface of the vessel, serve as a background for painted panels or
cartouches, or form major elements of a design.
Interior can be plain or hand painted with blue or polychrome designs.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
MUG
PLATE
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1970, 1977; 2001; Shlasko 1989; Black 2001; Miller 2002;
http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Historic_Ceramic_Web_Page
Nombre Tipológico:
EL MORRO
Categoría Cerámica:
LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
IBERIA, MEXICO?
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1700
Definir Atributos:
Poorly compacted, sand-tempered, coarse earthenware paste ranging in color from cream to
beige to reddish-brown. Surfaces are minimally smoothed..
Thin, transparent lead glaze applied most commonly to one, but sometimes both surfaces.
Sand temper elements often protrude into the glaze, producing a gritty or granular surface.
Glaze color is most often yellow-orange, green or rust-colored.
Forma del Recipiente :
BACIN
BOWL
ESCUDILLA
PITCHER
PLATO
TAZA
Comentarios:
El Morro differs from other lead-glazed coarse earthenwares in its poorly smoothed surface,
gritty texture and thin, transparent glaze. Lead-glazed coarse earthenwares matching this
description have been found in early 16th century Caribbean sites, as well as later sites
throughout the region, and it is likely that Iberian and Mexican wares are grouped together
under this rubric.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Smith 1962, Deagan 1987
Nombre Tipológico:
ESQUITLAN BLACK ON YELLOW
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1800-1900
Definir Atributos:
Paste is buff/tan to peach, can also be orange
Yellow background enamel with black to brown or dark brown designs, orange design is rare
Banded and floral designs most common, cross hatching and wavy-line and dot combination
can also occur
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
Comentarios:
Seifert (1977) belives this type was probably produced in Puebla, Mexico.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Seifert 1977
Nombre Tipológico:
ESQUITLAN POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1800-1900
Definir Atributos:
Cream to buff/tan paste.
Background enamel is white to off-white, designs painted in black, dark brown, blue, rust,
orange, and yellow
Design motifs included banded lines, typically in orange or yellow, bordered by black and crude
floral designs
Decoration on both rim and body of shers
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
Comentarios:
Seifert (1977) belives this type was probably produced in Puebla, Guanajuato, or Dolores
Hidalgo, Mexico.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Seifert 1977
Nombre Tipológico:
FAENZA POLYCHROME, COMPENDIARIO
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
FAENZA, ITALY
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1600
Definir Atributos:
Light cream-colored coarse paste, vessel walls are thin and light.
White background tin enamel is smooth, thick and even.
Polychrome designs are lightly painted in orange, yellow, blue, manganese and black.
Designs are lightly drawn, isolated and unframed, leaving large expanses of white. They include
small floral and scroll-like tendril elements, as well as occasional human figures and
escutcheons.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
PLATO
PORRINGER
Comentarios:
This is a decorated companion type to Faenza White, reported in the Americas only from the
Mexico City Cathedral. "Compendiario", or "Summary", refers to the rapid, light sketchy style
of decoration on this ware.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Liverani 1960: 76-77, Lister and Lister 1982: 77, Deagan 2002: 71
Nombre Tipológico: FAENZA POLYCHROME, ISORIATO
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: FAENZA, ITALY
Fecha de Producción: 1550-1600
Definir Atributos: Light cream-colored smooth paste, vessel walls are thin and light.
White background tin enamel is smooth, thick and even.
Polychrome designs are painted in strong, bright shades of yellow-
orange cobalt blues, with occasional touches of green. Designs are
precisely executed with great attention to detail.
Motifs are generally narrative pictorial scenes of biblical or
mythological themes.
Reverse of vessels may be encircled by blue bands.
Forma del Recipiente : PLATE
RING-FOOTED BOWL
Comentarios:
Definiciones
Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
FAENZA WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
ITALY
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1600
Definir Atributos:
Light cream-colored coarse paste, vessel walls are thin and light.
White background enamel is smooth, thick, even, and lustrous. Little to no crazing, pinholing,
scarring, or other imperfections are evident.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
PLATO
PORRINGER
Comentarios:
Faenza White was produced in Europe from about 1550 to 1650 but its date range in the New
World is about 1550 to 1600.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1982: 77, Deagan 2002: 71
Nombre Tipológico:
FAIENCE, BRITTANY BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
FAIENCE
Lugar de Producción:
FRANCE
Fecha de Producción:
1750-1765
Definir Atributos:
Paste is hard, light cream to salmon color
Tin-enameled, light to pale blue background
Usually a single blue band encircles the interior rim, double blue bands are rare
Central medallion may have a crude geometric/floral design
Forma del Recipiente :
PLATE
Comentarios:
Brittany Blue on White faience is only known to occur in flat bottom base plate forms. This
faience type is characterized by having a blue band around the interior rim and either a plain
interior or a crude geometric or floral design on the central medallion. Double bands around
the rim do occur but are rare.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Walthall 1991a; Walthall 1991b; Waslekov and Walthall 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
FAIENCE, NORMANDY BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
FAIENCE
Lugar de Producción:
FRANCE
Fecha de Producción:
1690-1785
Definir Atributos:
Paste is hard, cream to salmon color
Tin enameled white to pale blue background
Frequently interior of rim decorated with two thin blue bands surrounding dashes, dots, or
wavy lines
Exterior may be decorated with crude floral or geometric designs
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PITCHER
PLATE
PLATTER
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Walthall 1991a; Walthall 1991b; Waslekov and Walthall 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
FAIENCE, NORMANDY PLAIN
Categoría Cerámica:
FAIENCE
Lugar de Producción:
FRANCE
Fecha de Producción:
1690-1790
Definir Atributos:
Paste is hard, cream to buff color
Plain, tin enameled white background
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CANDLE HOLDER
CUP
PLATE
PLATTER
Comentarios:
Normandy Plain has a white to slightly off-white tin enamel with no decoration. Some sherds
classified as Normandy Plain may in fact be undecorate portions of other faience types. This
type may actually date back to the first half of the seventeenth century.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Walthall 1991a; Walthall 1991b; Waslekov and Walthall 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
FAIENCE, PROVENCE BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
FAIENCE
Lugar de Producción:
FRANCE
Fecha de Producción:
1725-1765
Definir Atributos:
Paste is hard, cream to buff color
Tin enameled, near white to very light blue background
Interior of rim is double banded in blue with geometric and crude floral designs within
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PITCHER
PLATE
PLATTER
Comentarios:
Walthall (1991a) lists a production date range for Provence Yellow on White as 1750-1765. It is
likely that Provence Blue on White was produced early, but the above listed date is tentative.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Walthall 1991a; Waselkov and Walthall 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
FAIENCE, ROUEN PLAIN
Categoría Cerámica:
FAIENCE
Lugar de Producción:
FRANCE
Fecha de Producción:
1740-1790
Definir Atributos:
Paste is hard, buff to salmon or red
Tin enameled, light blue to white interior
Exterior covered in a medium to dark manganese brown lead glaze
Forma del Recipiente :
Nombre Tipológico:
FAIENCE, ROUEN POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
FAIENCE
Lugar de Producción:
FRANCE
Fecha de Producción:
1740-1790
Definir Atributos:
Paste is hard, buff to salmon or red
Tin enameled off-white to light blue interior
Interior rims borders with geometric or floral designs in blue outlines in blue, black, or purple
Central medallions can have floral or geometric design in blue outlined in blue, black, or purple
Exterior covered in a medium to dark manganese brown lead glaze
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PLATE
Comentarios:
Rouen Polychrome has also been called Rouen Plain.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Walthall 1991a; Waslekov and Walthall 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
FAIENCE, SAINT CLOUD POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
FAIENCE
Lugar de Producción:
FRANCE
Fecha de Producción:
1675-1766
Definir Atributos:
Paste is hard, usually buff in color. Peach and salmon colored paste rare
Tin enameled, blueish-white to light blue background
Designs done in blue outlined in either dark blue, black, or purple
Interior rims have double banded designs with geometric and floral motifs
Central medallion sometimes decorated with floral design
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PITCHER
PLATE
PLATTER
TUREEN
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Walthall 1991a; Waslekov and Walthall 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
FAIENCE, SEINE POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
FAIENCE
Lugar de Producción:
FRANCE
Fecha de Producción:
1690-1765
Definir Atributos:
Paste is hard, cream to salmon color
Tin enameled, white to off-white back ground
Stylized borders with floral and geomtric designs
Designs painted in combinations of blue, black, yellow, green purple, and reddish-orange
Central medallion may have floral motif
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PITCHER
PITCHER
PLATE
PLATTER
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Walthall 1991a; Walthall 1991b; Was
Nombre Tipológico:
FELDSPAR-INLAID REDWARE
Categoría Cerámica:
UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
IBERIA/PANAMA/MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1500-1600
Definir Atributos:
Thin, dark-red unglazed coarse earthenware paste, sometimes with a reddish wash on the
surface.
Decorated with embedded white feldspar stone chips, inlaid either randomly or in a pattern.
Molded, stamped, and incised decorative elements may also be present, including zoomorphic
vessel appendages.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
JAR
PITCHER
VASE
Comentarios:
This pottery type is Moorish-inspired Iberian origin. By the mid-seventeenth century it was
apparently being produced in American centers, including Panamá and Mexico. Its production
continued in parts of Mexico into the early twentieth century. Feldspar inlay on Orange
Micaceous paste or on a buff-colored earthenware paste has been noted at sixteenth century
sites in the Caribbean.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Fairbanks 1966, Deagan 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
FIG SPRINGS POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1540-1650
Definir Atributos:
Uniform and compact red paste with light sand tempering. Grayish white background enamel, often varying in thickness. Designs are painted in a grayish-blue enamel, accented with yellow or orange line details. Typical design motifs include a central palmette, fronds, stylized floral or animal motifs, which can occur in both the central and bordering areas of vessels.
Rims are often decorated with frond-like floral elements, or with a series of large, U-shaped loops. Forma del Recipiente : ALBARELO BOWL BRIMMED PLATO CUP PITCHER Comentarios: Fig Springs Polychrome, originally defined by John Goggin in 1968, is also know as "San Juan Polychrome". It is one of the earliest American-made majolicas, and is part of the Mexico City "Fine Ware" majolica category, which came into production around 1540. It does not appear regularly in Florida or Caribbean contexts until after about 1575. Definiciones Publicadas: Goggin 1968; Lister and Lister 1982; Deagan 2002
Nombre Tipológico: FINE ORANGE Categoría Cerámica: UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE Lugar de Producción: YUCATAN, MEXICO Fecha de Producción: 1450-1500 Definir Atributos: Paste is grey or orange, depending on firing temperature, with light sand tempering. Exterior is orange or light orange, and may have molded curved or floral designs. Usually comes in large, thick walled vessel forms. Forma del Recipiente : Comentarios: Definiciones Publicadas: Smith 1971; Singleton 1977
Fecha de Producción:
Nombre Tipológico:
GREEN BACIN/GREEN LEBRILLO
Categoría Cerámica:
LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
SPAIN
Fecha de Producción:
1490-1600
Definir Atributos:
Heavy bodied, large vessels.
Buff to light orange paste.
Emerald green opaque tin-lead glaze.
Forma del Recipiente :
BACIN
LEBRILLO
MORTAR
PLATTER
Comentarios:
Vessels are usually massive with widely varying rim diameters of up to 52cm and on some
examples vessel thickness of up to 7cm. The flat upper surface of the rims on the vessels
occasionally exhibits a stamped design similar to an olive branch with leaves.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Goggin 1968: 226, Deagan 2002: 49-50
1500-1650 Definir Atributos: Cream to tan-colored paste with light sand temper. A plain, thick, uniform off-white enamel covers the entire vessel. Some vessels are heavily embossed. Forma del Recipiente : BOWL BRIMMED PLATO Comentarios: This is a plain white majolica of fine quality which is distinct from Columbia Plain by its thicker, uniform enamel and thinner vessel walls. Rims may be crenellated or have lugs. Definiciones Publicadas: Goggin 1968
Nombre Tipológico:
GREEN LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Categoría Cerámica:
LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
UNKNOWN
Fecha de Producción:
1490-1650
Definir Atributos:
Cream to tan compact paste, usually with visible sand temper.
Bright, clear green lead glaze, ranging from grass green, to emerald green to a bright olive
green. The glaze is smooth and reflective, usually occurring on both sides of the vessel.
Forma del Recipiente :
ALBARELO
BOWL
JAR
PLATE
PORRINGER
Comentarios:
Given the very early sites at which this ware occurs in the Spanish American colonies, this
variety of green-glazed earthenware is probably of Spanish origin Green-glazed coarse
earthenware utilitarian pottery (such as the English Border Ware group) was produced in
various centers throughout Europe, including Spain, in medieval and post-medieval times. This
ware is distinguished from other green lead-glazed earthenware varieties in the FLMNH
collection by the bright, clear green glaze color in combination with its light-colored paste.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
GREYWARE
Categoría Cerámica:
UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
IBERIA
Fecha de Producción:
1750-1850
Definir Atributos:
Compact, hard, fine-textured dark grey coarse earthenware paste
Well-smoothed but unglazed dark grey surface, often with a darker grey wash
Handles and vessel shoulders sometimes have pinched or molded decorative elements.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOTIJA
HIDROCERAMO
Comentarios:
This ware is also referred to as "Hidrocéramo", which describes both it’s form and function as a
water bottle.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Cruxent and Váz 1980; Deagan 1987
Nombre Tipológico: GUADALAJARA POLYCHROME Categoría Cerámica: UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE Lugar de Producción: GUADALAJARA, MEXICO Fecha de Producción: 1650-1800 Definir Atributos: Thin, fine greyish-buff coarse earthenware paste. Burnished surface with same background color as the paste, painted with floral and geometric patterns in black, brown, rust, red and orange. Small, thin-walled decorative vessel forms, often with very small loop handles. Forma del Recipiente : BOWL CUP JAR SAUCER VASE Comentarios: This type has had several names since it’s initial regognition. These have included i Mexican Type-A ware or Aztec IV (Smith 1949), Tonolá Ware (Fairbanks 1972), and Tonolá Bruñida Ware (Charlton and Katz 1979). Tonolá ware has since been redefined as a related but later (Barnes 1980). The clay of Guadalajara ware, known as búcaro, was thought by the Spaniards
to have beneficial properties for women, and vessels made from it were were shipped in large quantities to Spain. Definiciones Publicadas: Barnes 1980; Charlton and Katz 1979; Fairbanks 1972; Smith 1949
Nombre Tipológico:
GUADALUPE BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1600?
Definir Atributos:
Orange to brownish-orange paste with grit tempering
Dingy, off-white background enamel with blue designs on exterior
Design motif usually consists of random curves in blue
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
JAR
PLATE
PORRINGER
Comentarios:
Guadalupe Blue on white is part of the Valle Ware group common grade majolicas made in
Mexico. Lister and Lister (1982) report that there are two examples of Guadalupe Blue on
White in the Metropolitan Cathedral collection with other designs, one has a stylized pear-
shaped palmette and the other having a coase copy of the Holy Monogram. The designs and
execution on both pieces are crudely done.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1982
Nombre Tipológico:
GUANAJUATO POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1850-1900
Definir Atributos:
Hard, compact paste, buff to light orange or pink in color
Thick, off-white background enamel is most common, greenish-white enamel is rarely seen
Designs usually painted in orange, green, and purple, blue, brown, black, and yellow are also
used
Motifs can be fine-lined or crude, usually floral motifs, bands, leaf and stem, or random
splotches
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
POCILLO
Comentarios:
Little has been published on this type. Cohen-Williams (1992) has proposed nine separate
varieties of Guanajuato wares based on the decorative motifs and colors. At present time it is
unknown whether they should be considered separate types or just variation within the overall
identification as Guanajuato Polychrome.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Cohen-Williams 1992
Nombre Tipológico:
GUATEMALA BLACK ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
GUATEMALA
Fecha de Producción:
1580-20th century
Definir Atributos:
Hard, gritty paste, dark red in color
Off-white background enamel which varies from thick to nearly translucent
Black painted designs in the center of vessels. These are limited to symbols of convents or
other organizations in those examples reported so far.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
Comentarios:
There is little published on specific types of Guatemalan majolicas. The major center is thought
to have been at Santiago, Guatemala, and very little of this majolica was exported to other
areas of the Spanish Americas.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987; Lister and Lister 1974; Luján Muñoz 1975
Nombre Tipológico:
GUATEMALA GREEN ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
GUATEMALA
Fecha de Producción:
1580-20th century
Definir Atributos:
Hard, gritty paste, dark red in color.
Off-white background enamel which varies from thick to nearly translucent.
Designs painted in bright green, consisting of bands, dots, geometric elements and highly
stylized floral elements.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PLATE
Comentarios:
There is little published on specific types of Guatemalan majolicas. The major center is thought
to have been at Santiago, Guatemala, and very little of this majolica was exported to other
areas of the Spanish Americas.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987; Lister and Lister 1974; Luján Muñoz 1975
Nombre Tipológico: GUATEMALA POLYCHROME Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: GUATEMALA Fecha de Producción: 1580-20th century Definir Atributos: Hard, gritty paste, dark red in color Off-white background enamel which varies from thick to nearly translucent. Polychrome designs painted predominantly in green, yellow, and black. Orange, blue, dark brown, and purple are also occasionally used. Rims are banded in green and yellow, and designs typically occur in a central medallion, and around the marly. Motifs consist of bands, curves, splotches, dots, floral, and zoomorphic designs Forma del Recipiente : BOWL CHAMBER POT CUP PITCHER PLATE VASE Comentarios:
There is little published on specific types of Guatemalan majolicas. The major center is thought to have been at Santiago, Guatemala, and very little of this majolica was exported to other areas of the Spanish Americas. Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 1987; Lister and Lister 1974; Luján Muñoz 1975
Nombre Tipológico:
GUATEMALA WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
GUATEMALA
Fecha de Producción:
1580-20th century
Definir Atributos:
Hard, gritty paste, dark red in color
Off-white background enamel which varies from thick to nearly translucent.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CHAMBER POT
CUP
PITCHER
PLATE
VASE
Comentarios:
There is little published on specific types of Guatemalan majolicas. The major center is thought
to have been at Santiago, Guatemala, and very little of this majolica was exported to other
areas of the Spanish Americas.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987; Lister and Lister 1974; Luján Muñoz 1975
Nombre Tipológico:
HARD PASTE MAJOLICA
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
UNKNOWN
Fecha de Producción:
1650-1750
Definir Atributos:
Hard, compact paste, usually buff to light brown in color.
Off-white background enamel, frequently showing bubbles as a result of being fired at a very
high heat. Surface usually has a matte or very low gloss finish. Bowls, jars and basins are glazed
on the interior only, plates are glazed on both sides.
Painted designs are typically in blue, although dark brown or blue-green elements can also
occur. The painting is thin and diffused and often appears washed out.
Decorative motifs include stylized floral designs, palmettes, lobes, diagonal lines, and random
curves and splotches
Forma del Recipiente :
BASIN
BOWL
JAR
PLATE
Comentarios:
Hard Paste Majolica has only been from the Convento de San Francisco, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic. The type was noted by John Goggin in his field notes, and formally
described by Council (1975). Although its paste is compact and hard (4.0-5.0 on the Moh
scale), this majolica variety has uniformly poor glaze and paint quality, and was suggested
represent firing seconds, or possibly local production. No majolica-producing kiln sites,
however, have yet been found in Hispaniola,
Definiciones Publicadas:
Council 1975
Nombre Tipológico: HUEJOTZINGO BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción: 1700-1850
Definir Atributos: Compact, creamy white to pale peach or buff paste
Glossy white to off-white background enamel.
Cobalt blue decoration restricted to a single band around rim
Rim bands can be straight or wavy
Forma del Recipiente : PLATE
POCILLO
TAZA
Comentarios: Huejotzingo Blue on White has no decoration other than a single band
around the rim. The "wavy-band" decorative motif is thought to dates
late than the plain banded motif. Huejotzingo Blue on White is also
known as "Hospital Ware".
Definiciones
Publicadas: Barnes 1972; Deagan 1987; Goggin 1968
Nombre Tipológico:
HUEJOTZINGO VARIANT
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PUEBLA , MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1770-1850
Definir Atributos:
Glossy white to off-white background enamel.
Emerald green or yellow decoration restricted to a single band around rim
Rim band is usually wavy, sometimes with a thin black line below the rim band.
Forma del Recipiente :
PLATO
POCILLO
TAZA
Comentarios:
Huejotzingo Variant (along with Huetjotzingo Blue and White) has been reported from Mexico
City and Arizona, but not from Spanish sites in Florida or the Caribbean. This distribution, and
the wavy rim band, suggest a date at the end of the eighteenth century. This Majolica variety is
closely related to the type, Wavy Rim Green on White described from sites in the Southwest by
Cohen-Williams (1992) Barnes and May (1972) and Williams and Cohen Williams 2004) .
Definiciones Publicadas:
Barnes and May (1972) Cohen-Williams (1992) Seifert 1977; Williams and Cohen Williams 2004
Nombre Tipológico:
ICHTUCKNEE BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
SPAIN
Fecha de Producción:
1600-1650
Definir Atributos:
Thin, cream-colored, compact coarse earthenware paste with light sand tempering.
Chalky white background enamel, with a matte or slightly pebbled surface finish
Designs are painted in dark cobalt blue, which often has a speckled or spongy appearance
Design motifs are based on those of late Ming porcelain. Plate marlys are frequently divided
into panels (cavettos) separated by vertical bands or wavy lines, and containing geometric and
floral designs.
There is also usually a central medallion design, with motifs of birds, animals, and floral
elements.
Cross-hatching is sometimes used to fill in empty areas and blue dashes occasionally appear on
rims .
Overlapping arches appear on the exterior of some vessels.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
Comentarios:
Ichtucknee Blue on White is thought to have been of Talaveran or Talaveran-inspired origin.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Goggin 1968: 148, Deagan 2002: 65; Fairbanks 1973
Nombre Tipológico:
IRONSTONE, UNDECORATED
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1840-1930
Definir Atributos:
White, hard, almost vitrified paste.
Paste is usually thick because vessels were often utilitarian.
Background color is white, but may have a faint bluish cast.
Thick, clear, glasslike glaze, with a network of very fine crazing appearing underneath the
glassy surface.
Usually not decorated but can be transfer printed.
Forma del Recipiente :
BASIN
BOWL
PLATE
PLATTER
TUREEN
Comentarios:
This common nineteenth century utilitarian pottery is part of the general category of English
"Stone China" It is referred to in the archaeological literature as "Undecorated White Granite
Ware", or as "Undecorated Ironstone", after Mason’s Patent Ironstone China (which was a
specific brand of stone china patented in 1813). Undecorated Stone China is most common
after ca. 1840, and most of the granite wares,and ironstone pottery before that date were
decorated with transfer printing, painting, enameling or a combination of these. Decorated
Stone China /Ironstone dates to about 1805-1840 (Miller 1991).
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1970; Miller 1991
Nombre Tipológico: ISABELA POLYCHROME Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: SPAIN Fecha de Producción: 1490-1580 Definir Atributos: Light cream to buff paste color, with a soft, chalky clay texture. Occasionally pink. Off-white, cream, or grayish-white tin enamel, usually covering both sides of the vessel. The quality of the enamel varies widely among vessels, from thin, irregular and shiny, to thick, matte and smooth. Designs painted in blue and manganese purple, emphasizing Arabic motifs and stylized floral elements enclosed in bands of blue and purple. Stylized Alafias, or Arabic inscriptions of mercy, pardon, pity or well-being., are common. Forma del Recipiente : BOWL ESCUDILLA PLATO Comentarios: Isabela Polychrome is part of the "Morisco" (Christianized Muslim) ceramic tradition of fifteenth century southwestern Spain, centered around Seville. It is the only polychrome majolica in that group, and declined in frequency around 1550 on American sites.
Nombre Tipológico:
JACKFIELD-TYPE WARE
Categoría Cerámica:
LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1740-1790
Definir Atributos:
Very hard, dark purple to dark reddish-grey paste .
Thin-walled vessels.
Deep, shiny, lustrous (often almost metallic-appearing) black glaze on interior and exterior.
Decorated Jackfield wares can have oil gilded or enamel floral or foliate designs, or be
decorated with slip designs in sprigs, bands or lines.
Forma del Recipiente :
CUP
PITCHER
SAUCER
TEA POT
Comentarios:
Jackfield production is historically associated with the town of Jackfield in Shropshire, however
it was also commonly produced in Staffordshire by potters like Thomas Whieldon (thus the use
of "Jackfield-type" wares). It’s peak period of use was from about 1740-1760. Jackfield type
ware made by Thomas Wheildon is characterized by a redder body and slightly more brilliant
black glaze.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1969, 2001; South 1977; www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Historic_Ceramic_Web_Page
Nombre Tipológico: LA TRAZA POLYCHROME Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: MEXICO Fecha de Producción: 1500-1600 Definir Atributos: Paste usually ranges from buff to salmon/light-orange in color, but can be cream as well Off-white background enamel, decorated with various shades of blue, yellow, and orange Rims usually decorated in crude floral motif consisting of curved stems with leaves, primarily in blue with yellow and/or orange accents Center of plates may have floral designs Exterior of bowls usually have two to three blue bands Forma del Recipiente : BOWL PLATE Comentarios: Lister and Lister (1982) believe that La Traza Polychrome was inspired by Sevillan majolicas, though others suggest Talaveran styles as a possible inspiration. It is possible that this type was produced only during the second half of the 16th century.
Nombre Tipológico: LA VEGA BLUE ON WHITE Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: SPAIN Fecha de Producción: 1525-1575 Definir Atributos: Light cream to buff paste color, with a soft, chalky clay texture. Off-white, cream, or grayish-white tin enamel, usually covering both sides of the vessel. The quality of the enamel varies widely among vessels, from thin, irregular and shiny, to thick, matte and smooth. Designs are painted on the interior of vessels only, in a single shade of blue. Simple, crude floral motifs predominate, most commonly segmented leaves and fronds. Decoration is overall on the vessel, not defined by bands or central medallions. Forma del Recipiente : BOWL ESCUDILLA PLATO Comentarios: La Vega Blue on White is part of the "Morisco" (Christianized Muslim) ceramic tradition of fifteenth century southwestern Spain, centered around Seville. It has not been widely reported in the Americas outside of the Dominican Republic. It is distinguished from Santo Domingo
Blue on White, with which it shares many design elements, by its smaller tableware vessel forms. Santo Domingo Blue on White is most commonly found in heavier-bodied utilitarian vessel forms. Definiciones Publicadas: Goggin 1968: 130-131; Lister and Lister 1982; Deagan 2002:58
Nombre Tipológico:
LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Categoría Cerámica:
LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
UNKNOWN
Fecha de Producción:
1490-1900
Definir Atributos:
Coarse earthenware paste, usually with some sand temper, ranging in color from buff to red.
Coated with a lead glaze with a smooth reflective finish. Clear glazes allow the paste color to
show through, and pigmented glazes impart a different color to the surface. Colored glazes are
most frequently green or brownish-green.
Some examples can be decorated under the glaze with hastily-applied lines or loops, often in
manganese-brown.
Forma del Recipiente :
BACIN
BOWL
JAR
LEBRILLO
PLATO
Comentarios:
This is a generic category of lead-glazed coarse earthenware pottery that encompasses all
those varieties that are not described at the type level. It is found on Spanish colonial
American sites dating from the sixteenth century to the twentieth centuries, and is not a
particularly useful category for dating. Utilitarian glazed earthenwares were probably among
the first products made at New World pottery production centers in a number of places and
variability in this category is considerable. These are normally described during classification by
paste, glazing and vessel form characteristics, and considerable taxonomic work still remains
to be done in this category.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 2002: 47-53
Nombre Tipológico: LIGURIAN BLUE ON BLUE Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: ITALY Fecha de Producción: 1550-1600 Definir Atributos: Light cream-colored, compact paste with little evident temper. Vessel walls are thin and light. Solid, even blue background enamel, with designs painted in darker blue. The background enamel can range from pale powder blue to a light cobalt blue, and may be quite glossy. Design motifs are precise, intricate and carefully executed. They include floral, leaf, vine, scroll, and arabesque combinations, as well as portraits and scenic elements. Overglaze yellow detail lines occur rarely. Exterior of vessels are decorated by overlapping series of arches in dark blue. Forma del Recipiente : BOWL BRIMMED PLATO Comentarios: Ligurian Blue on Blue was formerly included in the blue-on-blue majolica variety designated by John Goggin as "Ichtuknee Blue on Blue", which also incorporated what is now known as Sevilla Blue on Blue. It is distinguished from Sevilla Blue on Blue by its white or cream-colored
(as opposed to yellowish or pinkish) paste, its thicker and more even background enamel, and the fine lines, precision and quality of design painting. Ligurian Blue on Blue is rarely found in post-16th century American contexts, and is a good marker for the second half of the sixteenth century. Definiciones Publicadas: Goggin 1968: Lister and Lister 1982: 75, Deagan 2002: 70
Nombre Tipológico: LIGURIAN BLUE ON WHITE Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: ITALY Fecha de Producción: 1550-1600 Definir Atributos: Light cream-colored, compact paste with little evident temper. Vessel walls are thin and light. White or blue-white background enamel, with designs painted in dark cobalt blue. The background enamel may be quite glossy. Design motifs are precise, intricate and carefully executed. They include floral, leaf, vine, scroll, and arabesque combinations, as well as portraits and scenic elements. Forma del Recipiente : BOWL BRIMMED PLATO Comentarios: Ligurian Blue on White differs from its companion type, Ligurian Blue on Blue, only in the color of the background enamel. Lister and Lister (1982: 74) speculated that the type may actually be Ligurian Blue on Blue, on which the background color was weakened to near-white during firing. Definiciones Publicadas: Lister and Lister 1982: 74
Nombre Tipológico: LUSTERWARE Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: SPAIN Fecha de Producción: 1490-1550 Definir Atributos: Cream-colored, compact paste with little visible temper. Vessel walls are thin. Decorated and glazed with metallic paints and glaze produced by the addition of copper and silver, producing a reflective, iridescent metallic luster. Background is typically off-white tin enamel to which metallic elements are added. Designs are painted in copper-colored metallic paint. Some examples have blue painted designs combined with copper metallic elements. Vessels often have a clear, lustered glaze. Design elements are intricate combinations of geometric and stylized floral elements, usually covering the vessel interior. Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL ESCUDILLA PLATE Comentarios: Lusterware, or Reflejo Metálico, is part of a very long Hispano-Moresque tradition of luxury lusterware ceramics, that continues today in Spain. It is rare in American sites, and most sherds have been recovered from the Dominican Republic. Definiciones Publicadas: Goggin 1968:141-142; Deagan 1987; Fairbanks 1973; Lister and Lister 1982
Nombre Tipológico:
MARINE WARE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
UNKNOWN
Fecha de Producción:
1700-1775
Definir Atributos:
Paste is orange to brownish red-colored with coarse sand temper.
Vessels are covered with a smooth, thick, mint-green enamel, usually undecorated.
Forma del Recipiente :
BACIN
STORAGE JAR
Comentarios:
This term has been used in Florida to describe a coarse earthenware covered with a green
undecorated tin enamel in utilitarian forms. Examples have been noted in the collections of St.
Augustine and Havana. A similar undecorated variety has been noted in the collections from
Panama Vieja, possibly made locally during the seventeenth century.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Clausen 1970; Deagan 2002:95-96
Nombre Tipológico:
MARINE WARE, VARIANT
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
UNKNOWN
Fecha de Producción:
1700-1763
Definir Atributos:
Paste is orange to brownish red-colored with coarse sand temper.
Vessels are covered with a smooth, thick, mint-green enamel.
Floral, linear and cross-hatched designs painted in dark green or navy blue have been noted.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PLATO
Comentarios:
This type appears to be either a variant of Marine ware or an unidentified type. Examples have
been noted in St. Augustine only in contexts dating between 1700-1763.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 2002:96
Nombre Tipológico:
MAYORAZGO POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1800-1900
Definir Atributos:
Cream to buff/tann paste, usually with light sand tempering, but heavy sand tempering can
occur
Off-white background enamel with orange, yellow, green, and black/dark brown decorations
Designs typically include thin black bands and wide yellow or orange bands bordered by black.
Motifs painted between the bands consist of orange floral or lemon-shaped elements with
black detailing, and green dots and foliate elements.
Designs seem to be restricted to exterior body and rim only
Forma del Recipiente :
CUP
Comentarios:
Seifert (1977) believes that this type was produced in Puebla, Mexico.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Seifert 1977
Nombre Tipológico:
MELADO
Categoría Cerámica:
LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
SPAIN
Fecha de Producción:
1490-1550
Definir Atributos:
Cream-colored, soft chalky (majolica-like) earthenware paste on tableware forms; buff to
reddish lightly sand tempered paste on large utilitarian forms.
Surface is covered with a thick, tin-opacified lead glaze, with color ranging most frequently
from honey to amber to mustard brown. The surface is most commonly matte or low-gloss.
Designs consisting of simple broad lines are occasionally painted in manganese brown .
Forma del Recipiente : ALBARELO BACIN ESCUDILLA JAR PITCHER PLATO SAUCER Comentarios: Melado ware differs from similarly-colored lead glazed wares in its majolica-like paste, and its thick, opaque glaze. On the earliest Spanish sites in the Caribbean, Melado occurs is a wider variety of paste types, glaze colors and vessel forms than it does after ca. 1520. These varieties are detailed in Deagan and Cruxent 2002b:160-166. Decoration is rare in later examples. Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 1987:48; Goggin 1968:227
Nombre Tipológico:
MEXICAN RED PAINTED
Categoría Cerámica:
UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1750
Definir Atributos:
Buff or reddish sand-tempered paste.
Thin, wheel thrown vessels.
Smoothed surface covered with red pigment burnishing or painting.
Molded and relief designs are sometimes present.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
JAR
PLATO
SAUCER
Comentarios:
Mexican Red Painted Ware’s name derives from the original type definition by Hale Smith,
who named it because it appears similar to Aztec redwares. Unglazed, wheel-thrown, red
painted or red burnished earthenware vessels, however, were probably made in a variety of
American ceramic production centers, including Mexico.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Smith 1949; Deagan 2002:43-44
Nombre Tipológico: MEXICO CITY BLUE ON CREAM
Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción: 1540-1650
Definir Atributos: Paste is pinkish-tan, untempered and granular.
Background enamel is deep cream or yellow-tinted, thinly applied and
subject to wear, pinholing and crawling.
Designs are painted in washed-out cobalt blue, with motifs including
palmettes, loops, fronds, and groups of slanted parallel lines or
dashes separated by dots or lobes.
Forma del Recipiente : BOWL
CANDLE HOLDER
PLATO
Comentarios: Mexico City Blue on Cream is part of the Mexico City common ware
majolica tradition that came into production around 1540. It appears
outside of Mexico only rarely, and in Florida only after about 1575.
Definiciones
Publicadas: Lister and Lister 1982; Deagan 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
MEXICO CITY COPY OF HUEJOTZINGO BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Uniform and compact orange or red paste with visible sand tempering.
Thick, off white tin enamel, commonly showing crazing and pinholing.
Decoration is limited to a single linear or wavy rim band at the vessel lip, in blue, orange or
green.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
Comentarios:
This is an undescribed variety identified by Florence and Robert Lister, thought to have been
produced in Mexico City because of its paste and background enamel characteristics. The
chronological position is currently undetermined, although stylistically it appears
contemporary to the Huejotzingo-type majolicas produced in Puebla.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
MEXICO CITY COPY OF PUEBLA BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Light to heavy sand tempered paste that is usually light orange to orange, but may be buff or
cream in color
Off-white background enamel with blue and light blue hand painted decorations
Decorative motifs copy those of Puebla Blue on White and include lobes, bands, and
zoomorphic designs
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PLATO
Comentarios:
This is an undescribed variety identified by Florence and Robert Lister, thought to have been
produced in Mexico City because of its paste and background enamel characteristics. The
chronological position is currently undetermined, although stylistically it appears
contemporary to the Puebla Blue and White majolicas produced in Puebla.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
MEXICO CITY COPY OF SAN ELIZARIO POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Paste is orange to light orange with heavy sand tempering most common
Off-white to cream background enamel
Design motif is most commonly zoomorphic, consisting of a bird painted in the central
medallion of the vessel
Bird designs are painted in either blue or green highlighted with black or dark brown
Forma del Recipiente :
PLATE
Comentarios:
This is an undescribed variety identified by Florence and Robert Lister, thought to have been
produced in Mexico City because of its paste and background enamel characteristics. The
chronological position is currently undetermined, although stylistically it appears
contemporary to the San Elizario Polychrome majolica produced in Puebla.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
MEXICO CITY GREEN ON CREAM
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1540-1775
Definir Atributos:
Paste is pinkish-tan, untempered and granular.
Background enamel is tan and grainy appearing.
Designs are carelessly painted in washed out dark or grass green, often darker and blurred at
the edges. Design motifs include series of thin, parallel loops, lines, and degenerated palmette-
like elements.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PLATO
Comentarios:
Mexico City Green on Cream is part of the Mexico City common ware majolica tradition that
came into production around 1540. It is the most abundant and longest lived of the common
grade wares, and appears in Florida only after about 1575.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1982; Deagan 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
MEXICO CITY POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1540-1775
Definir Atributos:
Paste is pinkish-tan, untempered and granular.
Background enamel is cream or yellow-tinted, thinly applied and subject to wear, pinholing
and crawling.
Designs are painted in washed-out cobalt blue, with motifs including palmettes, loops, fronds,
and groups of slanted parallel lines or dashes separated by dots or lobes.
Designs are identical to those of Mexico City Blue on Cream, but with a swipe of orange or
yellow paint.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PLATO
Comentarios:
Mexico City Polychrome is part of the Mexico City common ware majolica tradition that came
into production around 1540. This type is very uncommon.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1978:16, 1982:28
Nombre Tipológico:
MEXICO CITY WHITE-VARIETY 1
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1540-1650
Definir Atributos:
Uniform and compact red paste.
Thick, shiny cream-colored glaze. Crazing and pinholing are common.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
ESCUDILLA
PLATO
PORRINGER
Comentarios:
Mexico City White (Variety 1) is part of the Mexico City Fine ware majolica tradition that came
into production around 1540. It can be distinguished from other sixteenth century plain white
majolicas such as Sevilla White and Faenza White by its red paste color, off-white glaze color
and its obvious imperfections. Only "Variety 1" of Mexico City White has been noted in circum-
Caribbean collections, and only in contexts dating to after about 1575.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1982; Deagan 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
MEXICO CITY WHITE-VARIETY 2
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1540-1650
Definir Atributos:
Tan or pinkish-tan granular paste.
Tan, deep cream or greenish-tan glaze that often appears nearly transparent.
Forma del Recipiente :
ALBARELO
BOWL
JAR
PLATO
Comentarios:
Mexico City White (Variety 2) is part of the Mexico City Common ware majolica tradition that
came into production around 1540. It has not been reported from sites outside of Mexico.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1982; Deagan 2002
Nombre Tipológico: MOLANGO POLYCHROME Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: MEXICO Fecha de Producción: 1800-1900 Definir Atributos: Light buff/tan to peach paste Off-white background enamel with green and yellow decorations Band or wavy line on rim with crude floral design or lobe pendants Central medallion decorated with crude floral design comprised of lobes There can be a wide range of variation in the yellow and green Forma del Recipiente : BOWL Comentarios: Seifert (1977) believes that this type was produced in Puebla, Mexico. Definiciones Publicadas: Seifert 1977
Nombre Tipológico:
MONTELUPO BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
ITALY
Fecha de Producción:
1500-1550
Definir Atributos:
Cream-colored chalky paste, with relatively thick, heavy vessel walls.
Background enamel is thick and off-white, often with a pinkish cast, and has a low-gloss
surface.
Designs are painted in strong blue, and include thin lines, bands of delicate scroll elements and
leaf or floral motifs. Reverse of vessels often have two or more encircling lines below the rim.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
Comentarios:
Montelupo majolicas are distinguished from the slightly later Ligurian Italian wares by the off-
white, low gloss background enamel, their thicker and slightly heavier vessel walls, and by their
simpler designs. To date they have only been reported in the Americas from Mexico City.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1982: 72, Deagan 2002: 69
Nombre Tipológico:
MONTELUPO POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
ITALY
Fecha de Producción:
1500-1575
Definir Atributos:
Cream-colored chalky paste, with relatively thick, heavy vessel walls.
Background enamel is thick and off-white, often with a pinkish cast, and has a low-gloss
surface.
Polychrome designs are painted in bright orange, yellow, blue, and black-outlined yellow.
Green is occasionally used.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
Comentarios:
Three design categories are known for Montelupo Polychrome. The most common consists of
alternating geometric bands, which may cover the vessel, or occur in combination with central
medallion elements. A second variety has a dark blue ground on the marly, painted with very
fine line white spirals, stars and loop designs. A third variety has an intricate pattern of scrolls,
loops, lines and floral elements around the marly, and a checkerboard or floral central
medallion design.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1982: 71-72, Deagan 2002: 69
Nombre Tipológico:
MORISCO GREEN
Categoría Cerámica:
LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
SPAIN
Fecha de Producción:
1490-1550
Definir Atributos:
Varied paste types occur, including chalky, cream-colored, majolica-type paste, and buff to
light orange hard, compact paste.
Surfaces are covered with the same dark emerald green, tin-opacified, glaze that is found on
Green Bacín and Green Lebrillo.
Vessels are small kitchen utility and tableware forms.
Forma del Recipiente :
ALBARELO
BOTTLE
BOWL
CANDLE HOLDER
CANTIMPLORA
Comentarios:
Morisco Green differs from Green Bacin and Green Lebrillo in its smaller tableware and
utilitarian vessel forms. Like Melado, it derived from medieval Hispano-Muslim pottery
traditions, which made extensive use of tin-opacified honey colored and dark green glazes (See
Lister and Lister 1987).
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
MT. ROYAL POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1650-1685
Definir Atributos:
Tan to terra-cotta-colored compact, sand tempered paste.
Vessel surface is covered with an off-white enamel.
Decoration consists of brown-bordered orange bands encircling the rim and the center of the
vessel, with a single are a single row of blue ovoids or dots between the bands.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
Comentarios:
This type is similar in design format to Aucilla Polychrome but is distinguished by its use of blue
design elements rather than green. Only vessel rims are identifiable.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Goggin 1968:159-161, Deagan 2002:79
Nombre Tipológico:
NOPALTEPEC POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1775-1900
Definir Atributos:
Paste typically ranges in color from buff/tan to salmon, although cream and orange colored
paste sometimes occurs.
Vessel surfaces are covered with an off-white, reflective enamel.
Designs are painted in yellow, orange and green, with black or dark brown accent lines.
Design motifs typically consist of a yellow/orange band bordered by black, with green lobe or
dot-shaped pendants accented in black. Stylized floral designs and random splotches are often
also present.
Forma del Recipiente :
PLATE
Comentarios:
This diverse majolica type is a continuation of the18th century Abo-Aranama tradition. As
described here, it incorporates several varieties described elsewhere. This is particularly
notable in the southwestern United States, where varieties with Nopaltapec attributes are
known as Monterey Polychrome (Barnes and May 1972, Williams and Cohen Williams 2004;
May 1972), Orangeline Polychrome I (Barnes and May 1972; May 1972;) and Tucson
Polychrome (May 1972). Orangeline Polychrome and Tucson Polychrome are distinguished by
fuzzy brown framing lines and a tendency for the design colors to run .
Definiciones Publicadas:
May 1972:36; Seifert 1977:237-240; Barnes and May 1972; Williams and Cohen-Williams 2004;
Deagan 1987:88
Nombre Tipológico:
NORTH DEVON GRAVEL TEMPERED WARE
Categoría Cerámica:
LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1680-1750
Definir Atributos:
Paste is thick, compacted, hard, pink to peach in color, and may have a grey core. It is
tempered with large quartz grains and pebbles that can protrude through the glaze.
Vessel interiors are covered with a light brown to apple green or mottled yellow-green lead
glaze, and may be speckled with orange. Exteriors are well-smoothed, with smoothing marks
visible, and frequently has a faint reddish film.
Forma del Recipiente :
CANDLE HOLDER
CHAMBER POT
JAR
JUG
MUG
PITCHER
PLATE
Comentarios:
North Devon gravel-tempered ware is one of at least three utilitarian pottery types imported
to the Americas from the North Devon region of England. North Devon sgraffito ware is
identified by its incised slip decoration of brown motifs on a yellow ground. North Devon
gravel-free (also known as North Devon smooth or North Devon plain) is distinguished by the
absence of the gravel temper. North Devon gravel tempered ware is so far the only North
Devon variety reported from Spanish colonial sites, and it occurs in Spanish Florida contexts of
the early eighteenth century.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1969; Watkins 1960
Nombre Tipológico:
OAXACA POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
OAXACA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1800-1900
Definir Atributos:
Fine, hard, compact paste typically orange to salmon in color
Off-white background enamel with orange, green, blue, purple, and yellow decorations
Decorative motif consists of elongate lobe elements, groups if vertical lines and random
splotches, often overlapping each other. Occasional banding on rims is also present.
Forma del Recipiente :
Nombre Tipológico: OLIVE JAR, EARLY STYLE
Categoría Cerámica: UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1500-1570
Definir Atributos:
Paste is compact and coarse with abundant mineral particles as
temper. Color is usually light to dark terra-cotta red, well-fired
examples are buff-colored.
Distinctive form characterized by a globular body, a raised everted
mouth, and two crude handles below the neck.
Vessel walls are typically about 7 mm. in thickness.
A thin white firing effluvium that appears like a very thin slip is
often present on the exterior of vessels. Green lead glaze is
frequently present on the interior.
Forma del Recipiente : STORAGE JAR
Comentarios:
Olive jars, also referred to as tinajas, peruleras or botijas, were
the ubiquitous storage and shipping containers for the Spanish American colonies, and evolved
in shape and manufacturing technique over four centuries. Early Style Olive Jar is derived from
the Spanish cantimplora, or canteen, form. The sides are thrown in two longitudinal halves, so
that wheel ridges and marks, when present, are parallel to the height of the vessel, rather than
horizontal and parallel to the circumference. Early Style vessels are the most readily identifiable
from sherds due to its globular form, thin walls, ridging direction and distinctive flared neck and
the presence of handles. It was replaced in the Americas by middle style Olive Jars by about
1570.
Definiciones Publicadas: Goggin 1960: 8-11, Deagan 2002: 33-34; Marken 1994; Avery
1997
Nombre Tipológico: OLIVE JAR, GENERIC
Categoría Cerámica: UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1490-1900
Definir Atributos:
Paste is usually buff to tan to light orange with
heavy sand or grit tempering
Unglazed exteriors range from off-white to tan
Vessels can have a green lead glaze covering a
portion of the vessel
Forma del Recipiente : AMPHOROIDAL JAR
Comentarios:
This is a generic category of Olive Jar sherds which
cannot be identified as being of Early, Middle, or Late Style. Olive jars, also referred to
as tinajas, peruleras or botijas, were the ubiquitous storage and shipping containers for
the Spanish American colonies, and evolved in shape and manufacturing technique over
four centuries.
Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 1987; Goggin 1960; Marken 1994; Avery
1997
Nombre Tipologico: Oliver Jar, Late Style
Categoría Cerámica: UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1800-1900
Definir Atributos: Paste is compact, cream to reddish buff in color,
with light sand or little evident mineral temper.
Vessel walls range considerably in thickness,
from about 7-10mm. Narrow square-sectioned
throwing ridges encircling the vessel can often
be observed on interior surfaces.
Typical formal elements include a very simple
ring or band neck applied directly to the vessel
shoulders, and a pointed or elongated base. No
handles are present.
Nombre Tipológico: OLIVE JAR, MIDDLE STYLE
Categoría Cerámica: UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción: SPAIN
Fecha de Producción: 1560-1800
Definir Atributos:
Paste is coarse with complete compaction and
medium sand temper. It ranges in color from light to
dark terra-cotta. Well-fired examples are buff-
colored.
Vessel wall thickness ranges from 10 to 12mm.
Wide, smoothed throwing ridges are often evident on
the interior surfaces.
Exterior surfaces are poorly smoothed, with a pale
firing effluvium on the surface, and a “freckled”
appearance created by the mineral temper.
Lead glazing, usually green, can be present on the
interior and/or exterior. Yellow, white, and
"gunmetal" blue glazing have also been recorded
Form varies, but is typically a round bottomed,
elongated oval with variously-shaped “doughnut
ring” neck applied. No handles are present.
Forma del Recipiente : STORAGE JAR
Comentarios: Middle-style Olive Jars are the most widely
distributed and frequently occurring Olive Jar form.
John Goggin distinguished three basic body types for
the middle-style jars. "A" type have a height ranging
from 52 to 58 cm and a diameter of 22 to 29.5cm.
"B" type have a height of 23 to 29cm and a diameter
of 20 to 23cm. "C" type are apparently uncommon;
the only example measured by Goggin was 26.6cm
high and 12.6cm in diameter. In 1985, Stephen
James added a new body type not previously
described. "Form III" is distinguished by a globular
body, flat concave base, and a ring neck with a
pronounced lip. Other chronological refinements
based on form can be found in Marken (1994 ) and
Avery (1997)
Definiciones
Publicadas:
Goggin 1960: 11-17, James 1985: 25-26, Deagan
2002: 33-34; Marken 1994; Avery 1997
Nombre Tipológico:
ORANGE MICACEOUS
Categoría Cerámica:
UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
IBERIA
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1650
Definir Atributos:
Bright orange, very compact paste with mica tempering that appears to sparkle. It is unglazed,
, often with narrow smoothing/scraping ridges visible.
Small, thin-walled vessels, occasionally decorated with incised or scratched designs. Inlay with
chips of white feldspar has also been noted.
Forma del Recipiente :
PLATO
POCILLO
TAZA
Comentarios:
Orange micaceous is similar to Mérida ware (Hurst 1973), however it occurs in smaller
tableware vessels, and is a lighter orange in paste color than Mérida ware.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Council 1975: 131-133; Deagan 2002: 40-41
Nombre Tipológico: OTUMBA POLYCHROME Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: MEXICO Fecha de Producción: 1800-1900 Definir Atributos: Cream to peach colored paste with light sand tempering Off-white background enamel with orange, black to dark brown, and green decoration Design motifs typically consists of bands and dots or floral elements Forma del Recipiente : BOWL Comentarios: Seifert (1977) belives this type was probably produced in Puebla, Guanajuato, or Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico. Definiciones Publicadas: Seifert 1977
Nombre Tipológico: PANAMA BLUE Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: PANAMA Fecha de Producción: 1600-1650 Definir Atributos: Hard, compact brick-red paste with sand tempering. Exterior covered with a matte-finished, solid blue enamel that is occasionally bubbly Interior covered with a reflective enamel ranging in color from greenish to yellowish Forma del Recipiente : Comentarios: Production of Panama Blue may have begun in the late 16th century. It is likely that this type is an imitation of Caparra Blue. Definiciones Publicadas: Long 1967; Goggin 1968; Deagan 1987:92; Rovira 2001
Nombre Tipológico:
PANAMA BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PANAMA
Fecha de Producción:
1600-1650
Definir Atributos:
Hard, compact brick-red paste with sand tempering.
Background enamel is off-white to blueish- or greenish-white and is typically has a low level of
reflectivity
Designs are primarily painted in pale blue, but may employ a slightly darker shade of blue as
well . The paint can appear foamy or fuzzy, and the edges of the design elements often appear
to bleed or blur.
Wide variety of designs including lace-like motifs, scrolls, loops, geometric and floral motifs.
Many design elements typical of Chinese kraakporcelain are also present.
Forma del Recipiente :
PLATE
Comentarios:
Design motifs of Panama Blue on White are virtually identical to those on Panama Polychrome
Type-A and Type-B. However pieces of Panama Blue on White with stylized corn plant motifs
also show a New World design influence on some pieces.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987:92; Long 1967; Goggin 1968; Rovira 2001
Nombre Tipológico:
PANAMA PLAIN
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PANAMA
Fecha de Producción:
1575-1650
Definir Atributos:
Hard, compact brick-red paste with sand tempering.
Thick tin-enamel that is off-white to greenish-white in color
Crazing, pinholing, and bare spots in enamel are common
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PLATE
Comentarios:
Believed to have originated during the sixteenth century.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987:92; Long 1967; Goggin 1968; Rovira 2001
Nombre Tipológico:
PANAMA POLYCHROME-TYPE A
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PANAMA
Fecha de Producción:
1600-1650
Definir Atributos:
Hard, compact brick-red paste with sand tempering.
Off-white background enamel that tends to have a bluish-white or greenish-white cast.
Designs are painted in combinations of light blue, light green and manganese brown or purple.
The paint can appear foamy or fuzzy, and the edges of the design elements often appear to
bleed or blur.
Motifs include stylized, hastily –executed floral elements painted around the rim in a band,
and in the center of vessels. Other motifs include curves, swirls, wavy lines, and splotches,
which may in fact be portions of floral designs.
Forma del Recipiente :
BACIN
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
FLOWER POT
Comentarios:
It is believed that pieces of Panama Polychrome-Type A with fuzzy edges date later to those
with crisp edges to designs.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987:91; Goggin 1968:163-165; Rovira 2001; Long 1967
Nombre Tipológico:
PANAMA POLYCHROME-TYPE B
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PANAMA
Fecha de Producción:
1600-1650
Definir Atributos:
Hard, compact brick-red paste with sand tempering.
Off-white background enamel that tends to have a yellowish or greenish-white cast.
Blue lace-like designs and stylized floral elements are painted in light blue and light green with
occasional yellow accents.
Forma del Recipiente :
PLATE
Comentarios:
Panama Polychrome-Type B is distinguished from Panama Polychrome-Type A by the presence
of lace-like or spider web-like designs. These designs were likely inspired by Talaveran designs
and are similar to those found on Puebla Polychrome. To date only plate forms are known.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987:91-92
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Nombre Tipológico:
PEARLWARE, EDGED
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1785-1840
Definir Atributos:
White to light cream colored, thin, hard refined earthenware paste 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.
Rims are scalloped or plain, and decorated with a variety of impressed or embossed designs,
each of which has chronological significance (see Comments).
Rims are painted with a thin band of color. Blue and green are common, pink occurs
occasionally.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PLATE
PLATTER
Comentarios:
Miller (1987) has devised the following guide to dating specific rim decorations. The earliest,
ornate "Rococo" shell edged variety (ca.1785-1812) does not occur in this collection. Scalloped
rim, impressed curved lines, 1802-1832 (Specimen # ‘s345, 346, 347, 349, 352, 354, 355, 357,
359) Scalloped rim, impressed straight lines, 1809-1831 (Specimen #’s 350, 353, 360, 361, 362)
Scalloped rim, Scalloped rim, impressed "bud" design, 1813-1834 (Specimen #’s 348, 356, 358)
Embossed (raised) patterns of floral, figural, geometric elements: 1823-1835 (Specimen #’s
363,364, 366, 367) Unscalloped rim, impressed design (Specimen #’s 344, 365).
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1969, South 1977, Sussman 2000a
Nombre Tipológico:
PEARLWARE, HAND PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1775-1840
Definir Atributos:
White to light cream-colored, thin, hard, compact refined earthenware paste.
Transparent or faintly bluish clear lead glaze, caused by the addition of cobalt to the glaze.
Bluish cast where glaze pools.
Asian-inspired underglaze motifs hand painted in cobalt blue.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
PLATTER
Comentarios:
Handpainted Chinese-inspired designs on pearlware were eclipsed by transfer printing by
about 1812-1815. After about 1820, blue floral designs painted with a bolder stroke than was
common in the chinoiserie examples, became more popular.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1969, South 1977, Miller 1991, Sussman 2000b
Nombre Tipológico:
PEARLWARE, HAND PAINTED POLYCHROME, EARLY
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1795-1820
Definir Atributos:
White to light cream colored, thin, hard, refined earthenware paste.
White to faint bluish white clear lead glazed background, caused by the addition of cobalt to
the glaze. There is a bluish cast where the glaze pools.
Delicately painted floral wreath designs in olive green, brown, blue, and mustard yellow.
If the motif occurs on creamware, the background is pale creamy yellow.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
SAUCER
TEA POT
Comentarios:
This style of polychrome hand-painted refined earthenware is also known as "Gaudy Dutch". It
can occur on a background of pearlware or creamware, however the dates are currently
thought to be the same for both.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1969; South 1977; Miller 1991
Nombre Tipológico:
PEARLWARE, HAND PAINTED POLYCHROME, LATE
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1830-1840
Definir Atributos:
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.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATTER
SAUCER
Comentarios:
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.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1969, South 1977, Miller 1991
Nombre Tipológico:
PEARLWARE, PLAIN
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1780-1840
Definir Atributos:
White to light cream-colored, thin, hard, compact paste.
White to faint bluish white clear lead glaze, caused by the addition of cobalt to the glaze.
Bluish cast where glaze pools.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
PLATTER
Comentarios:
Undecorated pearlware vessels were considerably less common than decorated varieties, and
many archaeologically-recovered sherds without decoration were undoubtedly fragments
from decorated wares. The paste of pearlware produced after 1810 was heavier and whiter
than earlier examples, and had a harder lead glaze, varying in color from almost clear to deeply
bluish tinted.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume, 1969, South 1977, Miller 1991, Sussman 2000a
Nombre Tipológico:
PEARLWARE, SPONGED OR SPATTERED
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1770-1830
Definir Atributos:
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.
Decoration combines simple painted designs such as peafowl and floral elements with areas of
sponge-applied or powdered-applied paint, usually in blue.
Forma del Recipiente :
PLATE
Comentarios:
Powder applied paint is referred to as "spattered", and sponge-applied paint is referred to as
"sponged". After 1840, decoration was applied exclusively with sponges, cut into desired
shapes, and without accompanying painting. This cut-sponge décor, however, appears
primarily on Whiteware.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1969; South 1977
Nombre Tipológico:
PEARLWARE, SPONGED OR SPATTERED
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1770-1830
Definir Atributos:
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.
Decoration combines simple painted designs such as peafowl and floral elements with areas of
sponge-applied or powdered-applied paint, usually in blue.
Forma del Recipiente :
PLATE
Comentarios:
Powder applied paint is referred to as "spattered", and sponge-applied paint is referred to as
"sponged". After 1840, decoration was applied exclusively with sponges, cut into desired
shapes, and without accompanying painting. This cut-sponge décor, however, appears
primarily on Whiteware.
Nombre Tipológico:
PISANO-STYLE TILE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
SPAIN
Fecha de Producción:
1575-present
Definir Atributos:
Compact, buff to cream colored paste.
Smooth, flat surface with white to off-white background enamel.
Hand-painted designs in blue, yellow, orange and green, often outlined in manganese or dark
brown.
Design motifs are usually naturalistic, primarily floral, but can also be geometric,
anthropomorphic or scenic.
Forma del Recipiente :
TILE
Comentarios:
Pisano-style tiles served primarily as wall decoration. They were produced in Seville in
imitation of Italian wares by the early sixteenth century, and mark a shift from the Morisco
(Christianized Moorish) Cuenca tile tradition to an Italian-influenced tradition. They do not
appear in American sites until the last quarter of the 16th century. Pisano-style tiles average
12.75 centimeters per side and 1.6 to 1.9 centimeters in thickness.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987; Goggin 1968
Nombre Tipológico:
PLAYA POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1725-?
Definir Atributos:
Compact, creamy white to pale peach or buff-colored paste.
Cream to off-white, glossy background enamel with decoration painted in one or two shades
of blue.
Design motifs include rim bands outlined in black with pendant lobes at intervals, and floral
elements in the center highlighted in black.
Animals and birds are also frequently depicted in the center of vessels and are accented in
black.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
CUP
Comentarios:
"Playa Polychrome" is essentially a Puebla Blue on White majolica with the addition of black
highlighting.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Smith 1965:86; Goggin 1968:191; Deagan 2002:86-87
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, BONE CHINA
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1830-1900
Definir Atributos:
Thin, white, vitreous, nearly translucent paste.
Surface glaze is white or light ivory and glossily reflective, with little evidence of imperfections.
While well-bonded to the paste, the glaze is apparent in cross section.
Examples with decoration generally have overglaze polychrome enamel and gilded designs.
Floral patterns are very common, but a wide variety of design motifs can occur.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
PLATTER
TEA POT
VASE
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Hughes and Hughes 1960
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, BROWN GLAZED
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
CHINA
Fecha de Producción:
1700-1780
Definir Atributos:
White, thin, highly vitreous paste that is smooth and translucent.
Vessel exteriors are covered with a lustrous brown glaze, ranging in color from very dark
brown, to golden brown to pale tan. The brown glaze can solidly cover the vessel surface, or
can contain white reserve panels in leaf, cartouche or other shapes.
The reserve panels may be solid white, or contain blue and white or polychrome painted
designs. The Famille Rose pallete of polychrome design is common.
Vessel interiors are usually white (lead/feldspathic glazed), and are typically decorated with
either blue underglaze or polychrome enamel overglaze designs. Design motifs are those
typical of Ch’ing dynasty export porcelain.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
JAR
SAUCER
TEA POT
VASE
Comentarios:
Brown-glazed porcelain is found on Spanish-American sites from about 1700 through 1780. It
seems to appear somewhat later on Anglo-American sites, beginning in about 1740. Examples
with solid brown exteriors, or brown exteriors with undecorated white reserve panels are
more common on Spanish sites than are examples with Famille Rose reserve panels.
Specimen# 2597 is a rare example of the tan variety. Specimen #’s 61-64 are from a context
dating to 1733; #’s 53-60 are from contexts dating to ca. 1765-1785. Other examples from the
1715 Higgs site have solid brown exteriors, with delicate overglaze red and gold enamel
decoration on the interior.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Aga Oglu 1956; Deagan 2002; Martin 1993
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, CANTON
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
CHINA
Fecha de Producción:
1790-1835
Definir Atributos:
White, or greyish white, glass-like vitreous paste that is slightly thicker than other porcelain
types.
Glaze is poorer in quality, having a slight "oatmeal" texture to the surface and occasional
pinholes.
The background color is grayish white, and designs are executed in broad brush strokes using a
range of blues from watery gray-blue to cobalt.
Design execution is simple, using bold brush strokes and various shades of blue ranging from
watery grayish-blue to cobalt.
Motifs in the central medallion are Chinese garden or village scenes, including a pagoda, bridge
and boats. Rim decoration on Canton Ware is of crude blue lattice network with an inner
border of wavy or scalloped lines.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PLATE
PLATTER
Comentarios:
"Canton" ware was mass-produced at Canton after the American Revolution, as an export
ware to America. It is sometimes referred to as "Ballast ware" for the low cost and huge
amounts shipped (sometimes as ballast) of this porcelain. "Nanking" ware is a more refined
and higher quality export ware of the same period. It is distinguished from Canton Ware by it’s
finer design execution, consistently cobalt blue paint, and its rim design, which consists of a
geometric, diapered lattice rim decoration with occasionally detailed with overglaze gold.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Mudge 1986; Noel Hume 1969
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, CH ING BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
CHINA
Fecha de Producción:
1644-1912
Definir Atributos:
White, thin, highly vitreous paste that is smooth and translucent.
Background feldspathic glaze is well bonded to the paste, white or bluish-white in color,
lustrous, and with little evidence of imperfection.
Decorations are precisely painted in clear blues ranging from pale to deep sapphire, often
delicately outlined in dark blue.
Common motifs include flowers, fish, animals, landscapes and humans involved in activities.
Cross-hatched diaper designs often appear in a band around the rim, as well as a rust color on
the lip of the vessel.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
JAR
PLATE
SAUCER
VASE
Comentarios:
Ch‘ing or Qing dynasty porcelains are quite difficult to date precisely without the aid of a
specialist. Date ranges for many of the motifs on eighteenth century porcelains can be found in
Miller (2002).
Definiciones Publicadas:
Mudge 1986; Shulsky 1999; Noel Hume 2001; Deagan 2002; Miller 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, CH ING POLYCHROME OVERGLAZE
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
CHINA
Fecha de Producción:
1700-1750
Definir Atributos:
White, thin, highly vitreous paste that is smooth and translucent.
Background feldspathic glaze is well bonded to the paste, white or bluish-white in color,
lustrous, and with little evidence of imperfection.
Decoration is overglaze enamel in red and gold, using the same motifs and techniques and
floral motifs used in “Chinese Imari” porcelain overglaze decoration.
There is no blue underglaze design.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
SAUCER
Comentarios:
This is essentially Chinese Imari without the underglaze blue paint. On archaeological examples
the overglaze elements are often worn away, and are represented on the sherds only by
iridescent "tracks" on the sherd surface.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Carswell 1985, Deagan 1987, Kuwayama 1997
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, CHINESE IMARI
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
CHINA
Fecha de Producción:
1700-1780
Definir Atributos:
White, thin, highly vitreous paste that is smooth and translucent.
Background glaze is white or bluish-white in color, well bonded to the paste, lustrous, and
shows little evidence of imperfection.
Decorated with underglaze handpainted cobalt blue Chinese designs, combined with overglaze
enamel decoration in red, green and gold.
Overglaze motifs are most commonly floral elements.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
SAUCER
TEA POT
Comentarios:
Chinese Imari porcelain was made in imitation of Japanese Imari porcelain, which is rarely see
in American colonial sites. It’s peak of popularity was between about 1715 and 1735. The
overglaze enamel elements are unstable in buried conditions, and are thus often fugitive on
archaeological examples. Fugitive elements appear as faint outlines on the surface of sherds,
visible only at certain light angles.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Godden 1979; Mudge 1986; Noel Hume 1970
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, DEHUA WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
CHINA
Fecha de Producción:
1640-1750
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White, highly vitreous paste that is slightly thicker and glassier than most other porcelain
types.
Covered in a creamy, translucent, white or light cream-colored feldspathic glaze, with no
painted decoration.
Decoration consists of molded applied elements, that usually consist of floral motifs, but which
may also include animals.
Texture can vary from a lardlike, almost greasy feel to a smooth, almost blemish-less ware.
Forma del Recipiente :
CUP
FIGURINE
Comentarios:
This ware is also known as "Blanc de Chine", and is most commonly used for small libation cups
and figurines.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Mudge 1986
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, JAPANESE
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
JAPAN
Fecha de Producción:
1616-present
Definir Atributos:
Slightly grayish, thick, glass-like vitreous paste, with a well-bonded, nearly transparent
feldspathic glaze. Paste is somewhat more granular than Chinese porcelain.
Plates and other flat pieces often have marks on their bases from firing stilts used in the kilns
Decorations include underglaze blue painting, overglaze polychrome enamels and
combinations of these techniques.
Underglaze blues tend to be more grayish in tint, and slightly more granular-appearing than
the blues found on Chinese pieces. Motifs are inspired by Ming porcelains, but with more
attention to realism.
Overglaze enamel colors include iron-red, green and gilt enameling over underglaze blue (Imari
wares), as well as simpler designs in red, pink and blue.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
FIGURINE
JAR
PLATE
SAUCER
TEA POT
VASE
Comentarios:
The heavily decorated styles of the Imari tradition were exclusively export wares. The simpler
polychrome enamel designs of the Kakiemon family were rarely exported and most popular
among the Japanese consumers.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Godden 1979, Mudge 1986, Schiffer 1978
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, KRAAK
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
CHINA
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1644
Definir Atributos:
White, vitreous paste that is smooth and translucent, but with occasional pitting and
imperfections caused by impurities in the clay.
The background glaze has a bluish tint and a glossy finish. It is sometimes irregular, and is
subject to pinholing and chipping around the rim edges.
Decoration is executed in underglaze blue paint, ranging from a pale silvery blue to a dark
indigo blue. Elements are painted in outline, and filled with a lighter-colored blue wash of
paint.
Designs are arranged formally in panels around the rim and marlies of plates, separated by
straight or scalloped lines. A central medallion design is in the center of plates.
Motifs include flowers, fruit birds, Taoist symbols and landscape scenes. The reverses of plates
often have arches of small floral designs in panels.
Vessels may have kiln sand adhering to them, particularly on the base of foot rings. Foot rings
are found on nearly all vessels.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
SAUCER
Comentarios:
Kraak porcelain was produced primarily for export, and was shipped to Europe in great
quantities by Portuguese and Dutch traders. A subset of Ming porcelain, it is distinguished
from non-Kraak Ming wares by it’s poorer quality of glaze and firing, its variance in color from
the rich cobalt blue typical of Ming porcelain, and it’s arrangement of designs in panels around
the cavetto. Specific chronological subdivisions based on design can be found in Pijl-Ketel 1982
and McElney 1979.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Kuwayama 1997; McElney 1979; Pijl-Ketel 1982, Rinaldi 1989
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, MING BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
CHINA
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1644
Definir Atributos:
White, thin, highly vitreous paste, that is smooth and translucent, with the glaze well bonded
to the paste.
Background glaze color has a bluish or bluish-grey tint, and the surfaces are very glossy,
smooth and without visible imperfection.
Decoration is in underglaze blue painting, commonly using a bright, light cobalt blue color.
Most elements are outlined in blue, with a paler blue wash filling them in.
Designs are often arranged in a central medallion, with freely arranged elements around the
cavetto and rim. Motifs include floral elements, mythological creatures, figures, animals,
landscape features, cross-hatching, geometric elements, and scrolls.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
JAR
PLATE
SAUCER
VASE
Comentarios:
Ming porcelain is known for its soft, lustrous surfaces, and the spontaneous quality of it’s
designs. For specific chronological and regional attributions, see Carswell 1985 and Kuwayama
1997
Definiciones Publicadas:
Ayers 1988, Carswell 1985, Deagan 1987, Kuwayama 1997
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, MING POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
CHINA
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1644
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White, glass-like vitreous paste, that is smooth and translucent, with the glaze well bonded to
the paste
Background color is a slightly greenish off-white color
Polychrome colors such as green, purplish-brown and gold are applied to highlight the molded
decoration
Forma del Recipiente :
EWER
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Ayers 1988, Carswell 1985, Deagan 1987, Kuwayama 1997, Schulsky 1999
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, MING POLYCHROME OVERGLAZED
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
CHINA
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1644
Definir Atributos:
White, thin, highly vitreous paste, that is smooth and translucent, with the glaze well bonded
to the paste.
Background glaze color has a bluish or bluish-grey tint, and the surfaces are very glossy,
smooth and without visible imperfection.
Exteriors of vessels are decorated with overglaze enamels in red, yellow, green, blue and gold.
Exterior motifs include medallions, floral elements and birds, often on a diaper ground.
Interiors may be undecorated, or painted in underglaze blue. A bright, light cobalt blue color is
typical of interior-decorated examples, and most elements are outlined in bluewith a paler
blue wash filling them in.
Interior designs are often arranged in a central medallion, with freely arranged elements
around the cavetto and rim.
Interior motifs include floral elements, mythological creatures, figures, animals, landscape
features, cross-hatching, geometric elements, and scrolls.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
EWER
Comentarios:
See Carswell 1985 and Kuwayama 1997 for design elements attributed to specific regions and
chronological periods.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Ayers 1988; Carswell 1985; Deagan 1987; Kuwayama 1997; Mudge 1986
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, POLYCHROME CHINESE EXPORT
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
CHINA
Fecha de Producción:
1680-1850
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White, thin, highly vitreous paste that is smooth and translucent.
Background glaze is well bonded to the paste, white or bluish-white in color, lustrous, and with
little evidence of imperfection.
Decorated with opaque overglaze enamels and gilding in a variety of colors, including multiple
shades of green, pink, blue, red, black, plum orange and yellow.
Design motifs usually include floral elements combined with animals, birds, insects, geometric
designs, symbols and figures. Motifs are detailed and finely executed.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
SAUCER
TEA POT
Comentarios:
This category of Chinese porcelain encompasses a variety of color palettes and motif themes,
some of which can be more narrowly dated. The "Famille Rose" palette (Specimen # 2532), is
distinguished by it’s predominantly floral design featuring clear, bright, pink roses detailed in
white, and dates between ca. 1720 and 1850. The "Famille Vert" pallete is distinguished by its
decoration made up predominantly of several shades of bright, light green, and dates between
about 1680 and 1780. The blue-dotted zoomorphic element in Specimen # 33 is characteristic
of the 1820-1840 period.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Mudge 1986; Nadler 2001
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, POWDER BLUE
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
CHINA
Fecha de Producción:
1700-1750
Definir Atributos:
White, thin, highly vitreous paste that is smooth and translucent.
Interior feldspathic glaze is well bonded to the paste, white or bluish-white in color, lustrous,
and with little evidence of imperfection.
Exterior is covered in a deep blue glaze that contains specks of black, giving it a "powdered"
appearance
Most examples have an overglaze enamel design painted in gold, but this is usually worn off,
leaving only iridescent "tracks" on the surface.
Overglaze motifs include scrolls and floral elements.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
SAUCER
Comentarios:
This ware is sometimes called 'blown blue', because it was blown onto the porcelain in powder
form, through a bamboo tube with a silk screen at one end.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Carswell 1985, Deagan 1987, Kuwayama 1997
Nombre Tipológico:
PORCELAIN, UID ASIAN
Categoría Cerámica:
PORCELAIN
Lugar de Producción:
ASIA
Fecha de Producción:
? (varies)
Definir Atributos:
Combinations of porcelain body characteristics, glaze, and decorative techniques that do not
conform to existing categories or type definitions.
Porcelain sherds that are too eroded or small to be identified.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
Comentarios:
This category will be revised as new information is learned. Comments and identifications of
individual specimens will be welcome.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
PUARAY POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1675-1700
Definir Atributos:
Compact, chalky white to buff-colored paste.
Glossy, chalky white background enamel with designs painted in two colors of cobalt blue.
Asian-inspired designs with floral motifs outlined or accentuated in black.
Reverse side of vessels are often covered with a encirling row of overalapping arches.
Forma del Recipiente :
BRIMMED PLATO
CUP
Comentarios:
Puaray Polychrome is closely related to Castillo Polychrome, both of which are thought to be
steps in the development of the Puebla Blue on White tradition that dominated the eighteenth
century Mexican majolicas. Puaray Polychrome differs from Castillo Polychrome in the use of
two distinct colors of blue in the design, thicker black outlines (compared to the delicate black
lines used on Castillo Polychrome); and the use of black lines principally for outlining, rather
than the detailing and filling of large areas of blue.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Goggin 1968:182-83; Deagan 2002:82
Nombre Tipológico:
PUEBLA BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PUEBLA , MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1675-1800
Definir Atributos:
Creamy white to pale peach or buff paste with little visible temper.
Cream to off-white, glossy background enamel, often with light crazing.
Decorations are painted in one or two shades of cobalt blue.
Designs are commonly composed using dots, bands and lobe shapes. Motifs include stylized
floral and zoomorphic elements, as well as geometric patterns.
Fino (fine grade) Puebla blue on white has a whiter background color, and precisely painted,
often complex designs covering much of the vessel surface. Fino vessels often have
overlapping blue arcs on their reverse.
Entrefino (common grade) Puebla Blue on white has an off-white background color, and
casually executed designs consisting of rim bands with pendant elements along with a central
medallion floral or animal design.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
FIGURINE
INKWELL
JAR
LEBRILLO
PLATE
POCILLO
TILE
VASE
Comentarios:
Puebla Blue on White is the most commonly found majolica in 18th century Spanish-American
archaeological sites. The type encompasses a very wide range of variation in its designs and its
execution, which can include fino (fine grade) and entrefino (common grade) categories. The
fino Puebla Blue on White category, defined by Lister and Lister (1974, 1983), overlaps the
type, San Agustín Blue on White (Goggon 1968; Deagan 2002). Design motifs on fino and
entrefino vessels are highly varied, and made a gradual transition through the 18th century
from predominantly Chinese and Talaveran-inspired motifs, to motifs based on English refined
earthenware decoration. These later examples are often molded, with fluted or scalloped rims,
and have decoration emphasizing the rim band (See "Puebla Blue on White, Late")
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 2002; Goggin 1968; Lister and Lister 1974,1983
Nombre Tipológico:
PUEBLA BLUE ON WHITE VARIANT WITH BLACK
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1750-1830
Definir Atributos:
Creamy white to pale peach or buff paste with little visible temper.
Cream to off-white, glossy background enamel, often with light crazing.
Decorations are painted in one or two shades of cobalt blue, with intermittent, thin black line
detailing.
Designs are commonly composed using dots, bands and lobe shapes. Motifs include stylized
floral and zoomorphic elements, as well as geometric patterns.
Forma del Recipiente :
INKWELL
PLATE
Comentarios:
This variety was designated by Florence and Robert Lister in their ceramic type collection. It is
closely related to San Elizario Polychrome, which differs from Puebla Blue on White (Black
Variant) only in its central wading bird motif. It is recovered primarily from post-1750 contexts.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
PUEBLA BLUE ON WHITE, BLUE WASH VARIANT
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
PUEBLA BLUE ON WHITE, LATE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1750-1830
Definir Atributos:
Creamy white to pale peach or buff paste with little visible temper.
Cream to off-white, glossy background enamel, often with light crazing.
Decorations are painted in one or two shades of cobalt blue.
Designs are inspired by English refined earthenware patterns, emphasizing rim decoration.
Molded vessel bodies are common, often resulting in fluted or scalloped rims.
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 2002; Lister and Lister 1974, 1983
Nombre Tipológico:
PUEBLA BLUE ON WHITE, LATE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1750-1830
Definir Atributos:
Creamy white to pale peach or buff paste with little visible temper.
Cream to off-white, glossy background enamel, often with light crazing.
Decorations are painted in one or two shades of cobalt blue.
Designs are inspired by English refined earthenware patterns, emphasizing rim decoration.
Molded vessel bodies are common, often resulting in fluted or scalloped rims.
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 2002; Lister and Lister 1974, 1983
Nombre Tipológico:
PUEBLA WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1650-1800
Definir Atributos:
Cream to buff to light orange colored paste, with light sand tempering
White to off-white tin enamel covering the entire vessel
Tin enamel is thick and well bonded to the vessel, and crazing is fairly common
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PLATO
POCILLO
Comentarios:
Puebla White has not been formally described in the literature, but rather refers to
undecorated, white glazed majolica with the paste and glaze characteristics of Puebla
majolicas.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
REDWARE
Categoría Cerámica:
UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
UNKNOWN
Fecha de Producción:
1500-1750
Definir Atributos:
Orange to brick-red paste with small to medium mineral inclusions
Vessel exterior is generally smoothed
Decorations of incised lines are fairly common on 16th century vessels
Forma del Recipiente :
BACIN
BOWL
JAR
LEBRILLO
Comentarios:
Redware is one of the most common unglazed coarse earthenwares in 16th and 17th century
colonial sites in the Americas. It is likely that the majority of Redware found on early colonial
sites was produced in Iberia. Local production of Redware in the Americas probably began in
the 17th century. Most Redware is of utilitarian vessel forms, but small, special function
vessels were also made.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987
Nombre Tipológico:
REY WARE
Categoría Cerámica:
LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
UNKNOWN
Fecha de Producción:
1725-1825
Definir Atributos:
Hard, compact orange or tan paste, fine in texture and with few apparent mineral inclusions.
Vessel surfaces are well smoothed before glazing.
Thick, well-bonded and very reflective lead glaze on both surfaces. Colors include brown, rust,
orange, and occasionally olive green.
Sometimes decorated with a swirled or mottled underglaze design in dark brown.
Forma del Recipiente :
BASIN
BOWL
JAR
PITCHER
PLATE
SAUCER
Comentarios:
Reyware is distinguished from El Morro ware and other Spanish lead-glazed coarse
earthenware by its hard, compact paste, and its smooth, highly reflective glazed surface. The
production origins of Reyware are uncertain, and the timing of its appearance on
archaeological sites in the circum-Caribbean area, as well as their similarity to English lead-
glazed wares, may imply that they are of English origin.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987; Smith 1962
Nombre Tipológico:
ROCKINGHAM WARE
Categoría Cerámica:
LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
UNITED STATES
Fecha de Producción:
1850-1950
Definir Atributos:
Thick, hard, compact, yellow paste
Body is often covered in a clear lead glaze, fired and covered with an additional brown
manganese glaze
The combinations of these two glazes result in a mottled look with the melting of the two
glazes
Forma del Recipiente :
CROCK
JAR
PITCHER
POT
Comentarios:
Similar to yellowware
Definiciones Publicadas:
Gallo 1985
Nombre Tipológico:
ROMITA PLAIN
Categoría Cerámica:
SLIPWARE
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1500-1600
Definir Atributos:
Hard, compact orange to reddish-brown paste
Surface is covered with an off-white to greenish-white slip covered in a thin, transparent lead
glaze
Forma del Recipiente :
BASIN
BOWL
PLATE
Comentarios:
Lister and Lister (1982) classify Romita Plain as an Indigena ware. It is believed that this type is
of Native American manufacture, but copying European forms. Lister and Lister feel that this
may have been a cheap service ware that held up better than the more fragile majolicas.
Romita Plain production may have extended beyond the 16th century.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1982
Nombre Tipológico:
ROMITA SGRAFFITO
Categoría Cerámica:
SLIPWARE
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1500-1600
Definir Atributos:
Hard, compact orange to reddish-brown paste
Surface is covered with an off-white to greenish-white slip covered in a thin, transparent lead
glaze
Designs are etched into the slip and frequently painted with green or yellow
Decorative motifs on body include floral, anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and flag designs
Rims often banded with corn, chain, curve, or geometric designs.
Forma del Recipiente :
BASIN
BOWL
PLATE
Comentarios:
Lister and Lister (1982) classify Romita Plain as an Indigena ware. It is believed that this type is
of Native American manufacture, but copying European forms. Romita Sgraffito production
may have extended beyond the 16th century.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1982
Nombre Tipológico: SAN AGUSTIN BLUE ON WHITE Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: PUEBLA , MEXICO Fecha de Producción: 1700-1750 Definir Atributos: Compact creamy white to pale peach or buff paste. A background enamel that is finer than the other Puebla majolicas chalky white in color, smooth, and glossy. Designs are usually painted in two colors of blue, a dark, rich cobalt blue and a light, pale blue Designs are intricate and generally cover the entire surface of the vessel. Motifs and include floral and geometric designs, and occasional anthropomorphic or zoomorphic motifs. the reverses of vessels are usually decorated with a series of overlapping blue arcs. Forma del Recipiente : BOWL BRIMMED PLATO JAR
Comentarios: San Agustin Blue on White is a fino (fine grade) majolica within the Puebla tradition, and overlaps with the fino Puebla Blue on White examples identified by Florence and Robert Lister. It is distinguished from Puebla Blue on White by its white (rather than off-white or cream-colored) background, its dark cobalt blue paint; and it’s complex design layouts. The lobe designs typical of Puebla Blue on White are less common on San Agustin Blue on White. Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 1987; Goggin 1968
Nombre Tipológico: SAN ELIZARIO POLYCHROME Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: PUEBLA, MEXICO Fecha de Producción: 1750-1850 Definir Atributos: Creamy white to pale peach or buff paste. Off-white or cream colored background enamel, with decoration in blue and black/brown. Designs include a wide blue rim band edged at top and base in black or brown. Blue lobe or dot-shaped pendant elements are suspended from the rim band, and short black lines detail the blue. The centers of plates typically feature a sketchy long-legged wading bird in blue, with black line details. The bird is occasionally painted in green or light brown. Forma del Recipiente : BOWL CUP PLATE SAUCER Comentarios:
San Elizario Polychrome is clearly part of the Puebla Blue on White majolica tradition. It is very similar to Puebla Blue on White, Black Variant, and is distinguished primarily by its distinctive rim band treatment and central motif. It has been reported most frequently from the southwestern United States. Definiciones Publicadas: Gerald 1968; Deagan 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
SAN JOSE POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1800-1900
Definir Atributos:
Typically buff to orange colored paste with heavy sand tempering
Off-white enamel with decoration in orange and green
Most common decoration motif consists of bands in either orange or green and floral or dots
elements
Dark-brown to black may be present on floral elements
Forma del Recipiente :
CUP
PLATE
Comentarios:
Seifert (1977) belives this type was probably produced in Puebla, Guanajuato, or Dolores
Hidalgo, Mexico.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Seifert 1977
Nombre Tipológico:
SAN LUIS BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1650
Definir Atributos:
Paste is dense with little visible mineral tempering, and is usually orange-red in color. Cream-
colored paste occurs on later examples.
Background enamel is thick, reflective and off-white, sometimes with a grayish tint. It has a
tendency to craze and pinhole.
Decoration is painted in two shades of grayish-blue. The blue paint is often thick and slightly
raised in relief on the surface of vessels.
Motifs include large, stylized floral elements and leafs, sets of thin curved lines, dots, half
circles and lobes.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
Comentarios:
San Luis Blue on White is part of the Mexico City "Fine Ware" majolica category, and is thought
to date to the second half of the sixteenth century. It does not appear regularly in Florida or
Caribbean contexts until after about 1575. The cream-colored paste is a later phenomenon,
and occurs in examples dating to the seventeenth century.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Goggin 1968; Lister and Lister 1982; Deagan 2002
Nombre Tipológico: SAN LUIS POLYCHROME Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO Fecha de Producción: 1650-1750 Definir Atributos: Paste is tan or cream-colored, dense, and shows little visible mineral tempering. Background enamel is thinly-applied and off-white or tan in color. Decoration is painted primarily in dark green, with the central design framed by three narrow black or brown bands. The marlie design is also usually framed by framed by one to three narrow black or brown lines. A yellow rim band outlined in black is sometimes present, and decoration is occasionally highlighted with touches of orange or yellow. Design motifs include large, stylized floral and leaf elements, dots, elongated lobes and thick, curved lines. Forma del Recipiente : BOWL BRIMMED PLATO PLATO
Comentarios: San Luis Polychrome is part of the Mexico City "Common Grade" majolica category, and incorporates a wide range of variation in quality and design motifs. It is related to both Mexico City Green on Cream and to Aucilla Polychrome, and has not been reported from pre-1650 contexts. Definiciones Publicadas: Goggin 1968, Lister and Lister 1982, Deagan 2002
Nombre Tipológico: SANTA ELENA MOTTLED BLUE ON WHITE Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: SPAIN, probably Seville Fecha de Producción: 1500-1600 Definir Atributos: 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. Forma del Recipiente : BOWL JAR Comentarios: 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. Definiciones Publicadas: South Skowronek and Johnson 1988:240; Deagan 2002:61
Nombre Tipológico:
SANTA MARIA POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1650-1760
Definir Atributos:
Pinkish-tan to buff colored paste
Off-white to cream to yellowish background enamel, often thin enough for paste to show
through
Designs painted primarily in orange, green, and black or dark brown
Floral designs in central medallion and surrounding bands are the most common motifs
A central floral element of alternating green and orange petals surrounding an orange circle is
typical. Petals and central circle are outlined in black or dark brown.
Forma del Recipiente :
PLATE
Comentarios:
Lister and Lister (1982) refer to the central floral design as a "whirligig". Decorations occur only
on the interior of Santa Maria Polychrome vessels.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987; Lister and Lister 1982
Nombre Tipológico:
SANTO DOMINGO BLUE ON WHITE Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: SPAIN, probably Seville Fecha de Producción: 1550-1630 Definir Atributos: 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. The quality of the enamel varies widely among vessels, from thin, irregular and shiny, to thick, matte and smooth. Exterior surface decorated with blue, hand-painted, broadly stylistic floral designs that cover much of the vessel. A central medallion design is often present, surrounded by floral and curvilinear elements. Design motifs include dots, lobes, and framing and wavy lines. Everted bowl rims often have a blue dash design. Vessels are typically large and heavy-bodied, sometimes with narrow ridges. Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL JAR PITCHER PLATO Comentarios: Santo Domingo Blue on White is part of the 15th-16th century Sevillian “Morisco” majolica tradition, representing a largely utilitarian aspect. Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 1987; Fairbanks 1973; Goggin 1968; Lister and Lister 1982
Nombre Tipológico:
SEVILLA BLUE ON BLUE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
SPAIN, probably Seville
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1630
Definir Atributos:
Yellow or pink-tinted compact paste with little evident temper. Vessel walls are thin and light.
Solid blue background enamel, with designs painted in darker blue. The paint used in
decoration often has a “foamy” or mottled appearance.
The background enamel can range from pale powder blue to a light cobalt blue, and may be
subject to slipping and pinholing. Finish is frequently matte or low gloss.
Design motifs consist of heavy and stylized elements, commonly floral and leaf motifs, birds,
animals, geometric patterns, and human heads. They are simpler and less carefully executed
than the designs on Ligurian Blue on Blue (see comments).
Overglaze yellow detail lines occur rarely.
Exterior of vessels are decorated by overlapping series of arches in dark blue.
Forma del Recipiente :
BRIMMED PLATO
SHALLOW BOWL
TAZA
Comentarios:
Sevilla Blue on Blue was formerly included in the blue-on-blue majolica variety designated by
John Goggin as "Ichtuknee Blue on Blue", which also incorporated what is now known as
Ligurian Blue on Blue. It is a Sevillian product made in imitation of its Italian prototype, Ligurian
Blue on Blue. Sevilla Blue on Blue is distinguished from Ligurian Blue on Blue by its yellowish or
pinkish (as opposed to white or cream-colored) paste, its thinner background enamel, the
thicker heavier, lines used in painting, and the casual simplicity of its decoration. Sevilla Blue
on Blue appeared in New World sites around 1550; peaked in popularity at about 1600 and fell
into disuse at about 1630-1640.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1976, 1987; Deagan 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
SEVILLA BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
SPAIN
Fecha de Producción:
1530-1650
Definir Atributos:
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.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
Comentarios:
This ware has not been reported from New World sites other than Mexico
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987; Lister and Lister 1982, 1987
Nombre Tipológico:
SEVILLA WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
SPAIN
Fecha de Producción:
1530-1650
Definir Atributos:
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.
Italianate-style, ring-footed vessels
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
Comentarios:
Sevilla White is thought to have been produced in and exported from Seville, probably inspired
by the Italian ware, Faenza White.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987; Lister and Lister 1982
Nombre Tipológico: SIXTEENTH CENTURY LEAD-GLAZED REDWARE Categoría Cerámica: LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE Lugar de Producción: UNKNOWN, POSSIBLY SEVILLE Fecha de Producción: 1500-1600 Definir Atributos: Soft, very sandy, and friable paste, dark orange in color. Smooth, reflective lead glaze, usually on a single vessel surface, although glazing on both sides can occur. The glaze is typically brownish, light olive green, or brownish-orange, and tends to have a slightly speckled appearance. Forma del Recipiente : BOWL ESCUDILLA JAR PORRINGER Comentarios: This variety of lead glazed sandy red paste ware has been reported from sixteenth century sites in the Dominica Republic, Florida, Venezuela and Seville. Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
SLIPWARE, MORAVIAN
Categoría Cerámica:
SLIPWARE
Lugar de Producción:
UNITED STATES
Fecha de Producción:
1750-1825
Definir Atributos:
Coarse earthenware paste that varies in color from light red or orange, and less commonly,
buff and yellow.
Slip decoration could be trailed, marbled, overall slip washed, banded or sgraffito, using
combinations of white, yellow, light brown, dark brown and green. Green decoration was
usually applied over a base of white slip.
Designs include a wide variety of floral and zoomorphic motifs, as well as inscriptions, dates,
and abstract designs consisting of bands, stripes, squiggles, scrolls, dots and lobes.
Interiors of many hollow forms were covered in a white slip wash before decoration, and were
lead glazed over the slip decoration.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOTTLE
BOWL
CANDLE HOLDER
CHAMBER POT
CUP
JAR
JUG
MUG
PAN
PITCHER
PLATE
POT
SAUCER
TEA POT
Comentarios:
Moravian slip-decorated wares are distinct from English Staffordshire slipwares in their red-
colored paste, their motifs, and their use of green decoration and highlighting. They were
produced by German potters who settled in North Carolina and Pennsylvania in the 18th
century, and the vessels exported widely in Eastern American by the late 18th century. For a
more specific chronology of decorative categories, see South (2004).
Definiciones Publicadas:
Bivins 1972; South 2004
Nombre Tipológico:
SLIPWARE, PISAN
Categoría Cerámica:
SLIPWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ITALY
Fecha de Producción:
1600-1650
Definir Atributos:
Paste is thin, compact, hard and dark red in color.
Surface is covered with slip in swirled, marbleized patterns. Bichrome marbleized examples are
rust and yellow, and polychrome marbleized examples are rust, yellow, brown and sometimes
green.
A lead glaze is applied over the slip decoration.
Forma del Recipiente :
PLATE
Comentarios:
The marbleized effect is achieved by coating the red body with a thin layer of white slip, or
layers of white, brown and green slip. The vessel is then shaken ("joggling") causing the slip to
swirl and produce a marbleized appearance.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1976b: 33-34; Deagan 2002: 47; Hurst, Neal and van Beuningen 1986
Nombre Tipológico:
SLIPWARE, POLYCHROME SGRAFFITO
Categoría Cerámica:
SLIPWARE
Lugar de Producción:
SPAIN?
Fecha de Producción:
1400-1600?
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
This ware is part of a long Islamic and Hispano-Moresque medieval slipware tradition that appears to have lost favor in Spain after the reconquista. In the Americas it has been reported only from the site of La Isabela (1493-1498).
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan and Cruxent 2002b:159
Nombre Tipológico: SLIPWARE, SGRAFFITO Categoría Cerámica: SLIPWARE Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND Fecha de Producción: 1650-1740 Definir Atributos: Paste is compact and red to light reddish-brown in color. Many examples have a thin grey core. Vessels are covered with a thin layer of slip, and patterns were incised through the slip to reveal the red body below. A lead glaze covered the slipped surface, giving a yellow color to the slip. Designs include, birds, animals, portraits, letters, naturalistic scenes, geometric, and floral patterns Forma del Recipiente : BOWL CANDLE HOLDER JUG, MUG, PITCHER , PLATE Comentarios: This incised slipware variety was probably produced in the North Devon area of England. Although common on 17th century English sites, it is rare on Spanish colonial sites. Definiciones Publicadas: Grant 1983; Noel Hume 1970; Outlaw 2002
Nombre Tipológico:
SLIPWARE, SLIP-TRAILED REDWARE
Categoría Cerámica:
SLIPWARE
Lugar de Producción:
NORTH AMERICA
Fecha de Producción:
1750-1820
Definir Atributos:
Red to red-orange coarse earthenware paste.
Decoration is applied by slip-trailing in white, and is simple and geometric. Designs include
broad bands, stripes, loops and lobes.
The interior surface is covered with a clear lead glaze.
Vessel walls are generally heavy, reflecting the utilitarian nature of this pottery.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CANDLE HOLDER
CHAMBER POT
JAR
JUG
PAN
PITCHER
PLATE
PLATTER
SAUCER
TEA POT
Comentarios:
Simple, slip-trailed redware vessels were produced at several locations in the Anglo-American
colonies after 1750, initially by German potters who emigrated to Pennsylvania, New England
and North Carolina. The simple geometric band and loop decoration on utilitarian forms is
often referred to as "Philadelphia style", although as noted such wares were made in a number
of centers in Eastern North America. The are most common from the third quarter of the
eighteenth century into the first decades of the nineteenth century.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Bower 1985; Magid and Means 2003
Nombre Tipológico:
SLIPWARE, STAFFORDSHIRE-TYPE, ENGLISH
Categoría Cerámica:
SLIPWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1675-1770
Definir Atributos:
Paste is a coarse earthenware, buff or tan in color, often with visible mineral tempering.
Vessels can be either wheel-thrown or bat molded.
Surface is covered with white and/or brown slip, and decorated in a variety of ways. A lead
glaze is applied over the slip decoration, giving the pottery it’s characteristic yellow and brown
appearance.
Decoration methods include trailing slip designs, “jewelling” (placing dots of slip on bands of
contrasting color); combing, marbling (joggling), and impressed designs.
Platters are usually decorated only in one side, and typically have a crimped (“piecrust”) lip.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CANDLE HOLDER
CHAMBER POT
CUP
MUG
PITCHER
PLATE
PLATTER
POSSET CUP
Comentarios:
This yellow and brown slipware is associated with Staffordshire; however it was produced in
several centers in England. It was made in a wide variety of both utilitarian and tableware
forms.
Definiciones Publicadas:
http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Historic_Ceramic_Web_Page/Historic_Main.htm; Erikson
and Hunter 2001; Grigsby 1993; Noel Hume 1970, 2001
Nombre Tipológico: SPANISH STORAGE JAR Categoría Cerámica: UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE Lugar de Producción: SPAIN Fecha de Producción: 1500-1800 Definir Atributos: Paste is coarse with incomplete compaction and medium sand temper. It ranges in color from light to dark terra-cotta. Well-fired examples are buff-colored. Exterior surfaces are poorly smoothed and unglazed. A “freckled” appearance created by the mineral temper, and a white firing effluvium may be present on the surface. Vessel walls are heavy (usually greater than 10 mm in thickness) and forms are utilitarian. Forma del Recipiente : BACIN STORAGE JAR Comentarios: "Spanish Storage Jar" serves as a catch-all category to describe utilitarian coarse earthenware vessels with Olive Jar paste, but in forms that are distinct from Olive Jars (such as straight sides, flat bases, wide mouths, etcetera). Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 1976; Deagan 1987
Nombre Tipológico: STONEWARE, BLACK BASALT Categoría Cerámica: STONEWARE Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND Fecha de Producción: 1750-1820 Definir Atributos: Thin, fine-grained black stoneware body, usually unglazed. Vessels can be wheel thrown, slip cast or molded, and turned on a lathe. Vessels are often decorated with die-stamped relieves of rococo floral, animal and human figures; sprig-molded designs, or geometric engine turning. Forma del Recipiente : CUP SAUCER TEA POT VASE Comentarios: Black Basalt ware is a dry-bodied stoneware fired in an oxidizing atmosphere to produce a black fabric. It was originally used by Josiah Wedgwood for his famous Etruscan vases, and it continued later in use for such everyday items such as tea wares. Engine-turned designs date to after 1760. The black remained popular longer than the red Elers-Type stonewares, partially because it was fashionable to use it in times of mourning. Definiciones Publicadas: Noel Hume 1969, South 1977
Nombre Tipológico:
STONEWARE, BRISTOL GLAZE GINGER BEER BOTTLE
Categoría Cerámica:
STONEWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND and UNITED STATES
Fecha de Producción:
1835-1900
Definir Atributos:
Vitreous light grey or grayish-white stoneware paste.
Thick, very shiny surface glaze in off white and mustard gold. Bottles are typically dipped
vertically to produce a two-toned effect, with off white on the top or bottom half, and mustard
on the other.
The white slipped half may have black printed inscriptions identifying the manufacturer or the
product.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOTTLE
Comentarios:
Bristol glazing was developed in Bristol, England in 1835, began to be used by American
stoneware potters soon afterwards. It soon replaced much of the brown salt glazed stoneware
that was used for utilitarian wares. Bristol Glaze is a feldspathic glaze-slip using zinc oxide, that
requires only a single firing. It is sometimes called "double glazed ware" because the two-
toned effect required dipping each vessel in the glaze two times. Although Bristol two-tone
pottery is most commonly reported in bottle forms from American archaeological sites, the
glaze is also found on stoneware crocks, jars and other utilitarian items.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Greer 1981 Noel Hume 2001:324
Nombre Tipológico:
STONEWARE, BROWN RHENISH
Categoría Cerámica:
STONEWARE
Lugar de Producción:
GERMANY
Fecha de Producción:
1500-1700
Definir Atributos:
Hard, thin stoneware body, usually light grey in color. Pinkish-grey or tan stoneware paste may
also occur.
Exterior surface is salt-glazed, and light golden brown or ginger colored. The salt glazing results
in a fine, dimpled orange peel-like finish.
Form is the long-necked, bag-shaped body “bellarmine” jar, and these are wheel-thrown.
Decoration consists of applied molded relief elements including bearded male faces at the
neck, and heraldic or decorative medallions, flowers and leaves, and bands of inscription on
the body.
Forma del Recipiente :
BELLARMINE JAR
Comentarios:
Brown Rhenish stoneware was produced primarily in the Rhine River valley of Germany and
the Low Countries of Europe. "Brown Cologne Stoneware" has been used to refer to these
brown stoneware jugs, however by the mid-16th century (after which most of this pottery
appears on American sites), the nearby town of Frechen had replaced Cologne as a pottery
center, and supplanted Raeren as the leading exporter of brown stoneware (Gaimster 1997).
Brown cologne stoneware jars are also known as Bellarmines, Bartmanns, and greybeards
because of the bearded male figures portrayed on the jar necks. In general, the precision and
quality of the applied molded elements declines through time, however a number of
exceptions to this trend have been documented.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Gaimster 1997; Noel Hume 1970, 2001:11-127; Klinge 19
Nombre Tipológico:
STONEWARE, BROWN SALT GLAZED, ENGLISH
Categoría Cerámica:
STONEWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1690-1775
Definir Atributos:
Thick, grey stoneware paste, often with a grainy appearance.
Vessels are dipped in brown slip, then salt glazed to produce a mottled, pebbly brown surface.
Interiors are usually unglazed.
Although usually undecorated, vessels can have impressed incised, or sprig-molded designs
indicating royal initials, capacity standards, or tavern symbols and owners.
Forma del Recipiente :
CROCK
JUG
MUG
Comentarios:
English Brown Salt-glazed Stoneware is most commonly found in drinking vessel and serving
forms. It’s production is associated with Fulham, however since several other English
production centers were also active it is often referred to as "Fulham-type" ware. It largely
replaced Rhenish brown stoneware in England after 1700. By ca. 1730, American potters
began producing brown stoneware that was often indistinguishable from the English Fulham-
type. After ca. 1760, names on vessels were stamped rather than incised.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1969; Hildyard 1985; Noel-Hume 2001
Nombre Tipológico: STONEWARE, ELERS-TYPE
Categoría Cerámica: STONEWARE
Lugar de
Producción: ENGLAND
Fecha de
Producción: 1690-1800
Definir Atributos: Thin, fine-grained stoneware body, usually dark red or brownish red in
color.
Can be wheel thrown, slip cast or molded, and turned on a lathe.
Unglazed surface.
Vessels are often decorated with die-stamped relieves of floral, animal
and human figures; sprig designs, or geometric engine turning
Forma del
Recipiente :
COFFEE POT
MUG
TEA POT
TEACUP
VASE
Comentarios: Also called "Dry-Bodied Stoneware", this fine red stoneware was first
produced in England in the late seventeenth century by John Dwight,
who patented wheel-thrown red stoneware vessels in 1684. They were
copied by the Dutch Elers brothers, who moved to Staffordshire and
continued to produce the red stoneware by slip casting until about
1700. There was a hiatus in production between ca. 1700 and ca. 1750,
when many Staffordshire potters, including Josiah Wedgewood, began
to produce both wheel thrown and molded dry bodied stoneware
vessels. The Engine turned pieces date from after 1760.
Definiciones
Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1970; South 1977; Elliott 1998;
http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Historic_Ceramic_Web_Page/Historic
_Main.htm
Nombre Tipológico:
STONEWARE, NOTTINGHAM
Categoría Cerámica:
STONEWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1700-1810
Definir Atributos:
Thin, hard, grey, orange or buff stoneware paste.
Surface is brown and lustrous, often with a burnished metallic appearance produced by the
use of a lustrous brown slip under very fine salt glazing. Glaze color can vary from light brown
to dark brown.
Decoration can include applied grog or crumb elements, machine-turned and rouletted
patterns, applied molded elements, sprigging, piercing, and incised names, dates and floral
elements.
Fragments often have a thin white line separating the glaze and body.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
MUG
PITCHER
VASE
Comentarios:
Although referred to as Nottingham stoneware, this ceramic variety was also produced in
other parts of England such as Burslem, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire. The typical
"orange peel" finish of salt-glazed wares is barely evident on Nottingham stoneware. Applied
crumb and grog design was used between about 1740 and 1780, and the use of molded,
pierced, sprigged and applied decoration developed around 1750. Incising and Engine turning
were used throughout the 18th century.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1970, 2001; Oswald 1974
Nombre Tipológico:
STONEWARE, RHENISH BLUE AND GRAY
Categoría Cerámica:
STONEWARE
Lugar de Producción:
GERMANY, RHINE VALLEY
Fecha de Producción:
1575-1775
Definir Atributos:
Very hard, compact and vitreous stoneware paste. Color is most commonly gray, although
grayish-tan paste also occurs.
Surface is salt-glazed, producing a shiny, gray, pebbly or “orange peel” finish.
Vessels are decorated with cobalt blue or manganese underglaze paint, in combination with
applied molded relief ornaments (sprig molds), incising, stamping, and rouletting.
Common stamped designs included hearts, circles, triangles, and floral motifs. See Comments
and references below for chronological subdivisions based on decoration.
Forma del Recipiente :
CHAMBER POT
JAR
MUG
Comentarios:
Blue and gray stoneware developed in Raeren in the mid-16th century, and early examples
have been reported from Spanish colonial sites. Primary production shifted to the Westerwald
region by the end of the 16th century, and Westerwald blue and grey stonewares dominated
exports after that time. Westerwald wares were characterized by elaborate floral and
geometric designs in a combination of sprig moulding and combed lines. By the second quarter
of the 18th century, the decorations on Westerwald-type pieces were becoming more
schematic, relying on incised foliage, scrolls, and animals, with the outlines filled with blue.
Chronological indices include: Molded human figures and portraits: 1575-1630; Sprig-molded
and incised floral and geometric designs colored in cobalt blue: 1650-1725; Managanese
purple:1650-1775; Stamped and incised central medallion design with blue: 1700-1775; Royal
ciphers: WR (William III, 1688-1702) AR (Queen Anne, 1702-1714) or GR (George I & II , 1714-
1760)
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1970, 2001; Gaimster 1997; Klinge 1996
Nombre Tipológico: STONEWARE, WHITE SALT GLAZED Categoría Cerámica: STONEWARE Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND Fecha de Producción: 1720-1770 Definir Atributos: Thin, light grey or white, vitreous, dense stoneware paste. Salt-glazed surface, producing a glossy, white fine “orange peel” finish. When decorated, techniques include press molding, slip casting, engine turning, and incising. These were sometimes combined with overglaze painting and transfer printed designs. Early examples (before 1720) have grayer paste and are dipped into a thin white slip before firing, producing a slight division between glaze and body, and a diminution in orange peel finish. Dipped mugs often have a brown rim edge. After ca. 1740, molded plate rims in standardized patterns were introduced. Motifs include "dot, diaper and basket" (specimen #’s 100, 103, 105, 107-109) , "bead and reel"(#’s 101, 111), and "barley" (#’s 102,113,114). Forma del Recipiente : CUP PLATE
PLATTER TEA POT Comentarios: Although early, brown edged dipped white salt-glazed pieces stayed in production through much of the 18th century. Molded plate rim motifs after 1740 included "dot, diaper and basket" (specimen #’s 100, 103, 105, 107-109), "bead and reel"(#’s 101, 111), and "barley" (#’s 102,113,114). White salt-glazed stoneware tablewares were gradually superceded by refined earthenwares after ca. 1760. Definiciones Publicadas: http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Historic_Ceramic_Web_Page/Historic_Main.htm; Noel Hume 1970, 2001
Nombre Tipológico: STONEWARE, WHITE SALT GLAZED, DEBASED SCRATCH BLUE
Categoría Cerámica: STONEWARE
Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción: 1765-1795
Definir Atributos: Thin, grayish-white white, dense stoneware paste. Salt-glazed surface, producing a glossy, white fine “orange peel” finish. Incised geometric and floral designs that are filled with a heavy application of cobalt blue oxide. Excess pigment is left on the surface, producing cloudy blue areas outside of the incised design.
Forma del Recipiente : CHAMBER POT MUG PITCHER
Comentarios: This ware has been suggested (Noel Hume 2001) to have been an English version of Rhenish blue and gray stoneware. Although declining in popularity after 1795, it was produced until ca. 1820.
Definiciones Publicadas: Noel Hume 1969, 2001
Nombre Tipológico:
STONEWARE, WHITE SALT GLAZED, SCRATCH BLUE
Categoría Cerámica:
STONEWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1735-1775
Definir Atributos:
Thin, white, vitreous, dense stoneware paste.
Salt-glazed surface, producing a glossy, white fine “orange peel” finish.
Incised geometric and floral designs that are neatly filled with cobalt blue oxide. Excess
pigment outside of the thin, incised lines is wiped off.
Forma del Recipiente :
CUP
PITCHER
PUNCH POT
SAUCER
TEA POT
Comentarios:
Between 1720 and 1740, the Occasionally the "scratch" design was filled with iron oxide rather
than cobalt blue. These are referred to as "Scratch Brown" Stoneware.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1969
Nombre Tipológico:
TACUBA POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1600
Definir Atributos:
Paste is dense with little visible mineral tempering, and is buff to light orange in color.
Background enamel is thick, reflective and off-white, with a tendency to craze and pinhole.
Decoration is painted in two shades of blue, with an occasional touch of yellow.
Rim band decoration usually consists of alternating sets of broad, slanted hatchures or fronds,
bordered by framing bands above and below.
The center of vessels is set off by several encircling lines surrounding floral, animal, bird and
occasionally human figures. Lobe, palmette and frond elements also occur.
Exterior may have two to three thin blue bands encircling the vessel.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
Comentarios:
Tacuba Polychrome is part of the Mexico City "Fine Ware" majolica duction around 1540. It is
reminiscent of Talavera majolica in the emphasis on frond designs on the rim band.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1978, 1982, 1987
Nombre Tipológico:
TALAVERA TRADITION POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
SPAIN
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1600
Definir Atributos:
Cream-colored, chalky-textured paste.
White or creamy-white glossy background enamel.
Decoration in manganese, blue and yellow. Designs are typically human, animal, or floral
designs motifs outlined in manganese or purplish black, and painted in dark and light blue.
Open areas are often filled in with orange and yellow, sometimes with hatched lines.
Forma del Recipiente :
PLATO
Comentarios:
Although polychromes of this type were produced in Talavera and Seville through much of the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it has only been reported so far in the Americas from
sites dating to the second half of the sixteenth century.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Goggin 1968: 143, Deagan 2002: 66
Nombre Tipológico:
TALAVERA TRADITION, BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
TALAVERA, SPAIN, POSSIBLY MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1590-1750?
Definir Atributos:
Hard, compact buff to cream-colored paste.
Glossy, smooth white tin enamel covering both the interior and exterior of the vessel.
Although the glaze is well bonded, it tends to be of uneven thickness, nearly showing through
to the paste in some places on the vessel, and quite thick in others.
Painted decoration in a light cobalt blue, emphasizing floral motifs made up of fronds, sets of
elongated dashes or lobes, as well as circles, scrolls, rays and dots. Designs typically cover the
vessels surface.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
TALAVERA WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
UNKNOWN
Fecha de Producción:
1500-1700
Definir Atributos:
Hard, compact buff to cream-colored paste.
Glossy, smooth white tin enamel covering both the interior and exterior of the vessel.
Although the glaze is well bonded, it tends to be of uneven thickness, nearly showing through
to the paste in some places on the vessel, and quite thick in others.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
Comentarios:
This variety of undecorated Spanish white majolica is not formally described in the literature,
but was collected by the Listers at Puente de Arzobispo, Talavera, Spain, and designated as
Talavera White in their collection.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
TETEPANTLA BLACK ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1800-1850
Definir Atributos:
Paste can be tan or salmon colored, and is sand tempered.
Background enamel is glossy, smooth and off-white, and is painted with black or brown
designs.
A wavy rim band or wavy helix with associated dots is common along the rim, and central
designs can include floral, bird and geometric motifs.
Decoration occurs in either or both black and brown to dark-brown.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
Comentarios:
Seifert (1977) belives this type was probably produced in Puebla, Mexico.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Seifert 1977
Nombre Tipológico:
TETEPANTLA POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1800-1900
Definir Atributos:
Buff to orange colored paste
Off-white background enamel with decorations in yellow or orange and brown to dark-brown
Rim and upper body typically have two sets of double bands surrounding crude floral elements
Central medallion often has floral design
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PLATE
Comentarios:
Seifert (1977) belives this type was probably produced in Puebla, Mexico.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Seifert 1977
Nombre Tipológico:
TLALPAN BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1550- 1600?
Definir Atributos:
Coarse, sandy brick-red paste.
Moderately thick off-white tin enamel, that is thinner on reverse of vessels. The Glaze is highly
subject to crazing, pinholing and crawling.
Decoration is limited to blue lines or band encircling the vessels below the rim, and around the
central area.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
JAR
PLATE
PLATTER
PORRINGER
Comentarios:
Tlalpan Blue on White is part of the Valle Ware category of majolica that was made in Mexico
City during the second half of the sixteenth century. Valle Ware is considered to be a cheap,
lower quality version of the Mexico City Wares described by Lister and Lister (1982:30). It
differs from the Mexico City Wares in its sandie, redder paste, and poor quality of
craftsmanship and glaze application. Tlalpan Blue on White is reminiscent of the contemporary
Sevillian Yayal Blue on White in its emphasis on banding.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1982
Nombre Tipológico:
TLALPAN WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1550- 1600?
Definir Atributos:
Coarse, sandy brick-red paste.
Moderately thick off-white tin enamel, that is thinner on reverse of vessels. The Glaze is highly
subject to crazing, pinholing and crawling.
Vessels are undecorated, but molded scalloped lug handles are common porringers.
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO
PLATE
Comentarios:
Tlalpan White is part of the Valle Ware category of majolica that was made in Mexico City
during the second half of the sixteenth century. Valle Ware is considered to be a cheap, lower
quality version of the Mexico City Wares described by Lister and Lister (1982:30). It differs
from the Mexico City Wares in its sandier, redder paste, and poor quality of craftsmanship and
glaze application.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Lister and Lister 1982
Nombre Tipológico:
TUMACACORI POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1780-1860
Definir Atributos:
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
Forma del Recipiente :
CUP
PLATE
Comentarios:
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.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Barnes 1972; Deagan 1987; Goggin 1968; May 1972, 1976
Nombre Tipológico:
UNDESCRIBED BROWN-SLIPPED WHITE MAJOLICA
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PUEBLA, MEXICO?
Fecha de Producción:
1800-1900
Definir Atributos:
Creamy white to pale peach or buff paste with little visible temper.
Cream to off-white, glossy background enamel, often with light crazing.
The exterior surfaces of vessels are covered with a thin, chocolate-brown slip, which can be
slightly swirled to produce a light, brown and white marbled effect.
Only ring-footed cup forms have been reported so far.
Forma del Recipiente :
CUP
Comentarios:
This majolica type was part of the Lister’s Mexico collection, and is thought to have been of the
Puebla majolica tradition.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE (GENERIC)
Categoría Cerámica:
UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
VARIOUS
Fecha de Producción:
1490-1900
Definir Atributos:
Coarse, mineral tempered, and incompletely compacted paste.
Unglazed surfaces, that may be smoothed, or show evidence of firing effluvium.
Occurs in virtually all described utilitarian forms, as well as plates, platters and bowls.
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
Unglazed Coarse Earthenware is not a ceramic type, but rather a broad generic category that
incorporates unglazed, coarse earthenware pottery that does not conform to existing type
descriptions. Formal and associational attributes are critical to interpreting such vessels.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico: UNIDENTIFIED BLUE ON BLUE MAJOLICA Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: UNKNOWN Fecha de Producción: Definir Atributos: Forma del Recipiente : Comentarios: Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
UNIDENTIFIED BLUE ON WHITE MAJOLICA, IBERIA
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
IBERIA
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
This is a general category that incorporates examples that do not confirm to existing type
definitions, but which are contextually of clear Iberia origin. They have been either collected at
Iberian sites, or excavated from early sixteenth century American contexts.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico: UNIDENTIFIED BLUE ON WHITE MAJOLICA, MEXICO CITY TRADITION Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: Fecha de Producción: Definir Atributos: Forma del Recipiente : Comentarios: These sherds collected by Robert and Florence Lister were identified as belonging to the Mexico City ceramic tradition. Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
UNIDENTIFIED BLUE ON WHITE MAJOLICA, PUEBLA TRADITION
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
Fecha de Producción:
1750-1850
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
This is a general category that incorporates sherds that have been identified by Florence and
Robert Lister as belonging to the general Puebla tradition of majolica production. They vary
from published descriptions of specific Blue on White Puebla types, however, in details of
design motif, paste composition or background enamel.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico: UNIDENTIFIED GREEN ON WHITE MAJOLICA, PUEBLA TRADITION Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: Fecha de Producción: 1800-1900 Definir Atributos: Forma del Recipiente : Comentarios: This undescribed type was collected by Robert and Florence Lister. Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico: UNIDENTIFIED GREEN ON WHITE MAJOLICA, SPAIN Categoría Cerámica: MAJOLICA Lugar de Producción: SPAIN Fecha de Producción: Definir Atributos: Forma del Recipiente : Comentarios: Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
UNIDENTIFIED POLYCHROME MAJOLICA, IBERIAN
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
IBERIA
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
UNIDENTIFIED POLYCHROME MAJOLICA, MEXICO
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
UNIDENTIFIED POLYCHROME MAJOLICA, MEXICO (19th CENTURY)
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1800-1900
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
These examples of polychrome majolica were produced after the late 18th century in a variety
of centers in Mexico, including Oaxaca and Guanajuato as well as Mexico City and Puebla. They
were considered unidentified by Florence and Robert Lister. Many are similar to bit not
precisely conforming to published descriptions of nineteenth century Mexican majolicas
published in Barnes and May (1972) Cohen- Williams (1992) Seifert (1977) and Williams and
Cohen-Williams (2004).
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
UNIDENTIFIED POLYCHROME MAJOLICA, MEXICO CITY TRADITION
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
These sherds collected by Robert and Florence Lister were identified as belonging to the
Mexico City ceramic tradition.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
UNIDENTIFIED POLYCHROME MAJOLICA, PUEBLA TRADITION
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
These sherds collected by Robert and Florence Lister were identified as belonging to the
Puebla ceramic tradition.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
UNIDENTIFIED REFINED EARTHENWARE
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
UNKNOWN
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico: UNIDENTIFIED TIN ENAMELED WARE, CHINESE Categoría Cerámica: TIN ENAMELED COARSE EARTHENWARE Lugar de Producción: CHINA Fecha de Producción: Definir Atributos: Very hard, compact cream colored paste Relatively thick, off-white tin enamel covering the entire vessel Tin enamel demonstrates crazing throughout Molded linear design on exterior of vessel Forma del Recipiente : BOWL Comentarios: This tin enameled ware was identified as being of Chinese production origin by Jean Mudge. Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
UNIDENTIFIED TIN ENAMELED WARE, DUTCH
Categoría Cerámica:
TIN ENAMELED COARSE EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
HOLLAND
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Hard, compact buff to cream colored paste
Background tin enamel is typically off-white, but exterior enamel may be clear or translucent
making surface appear cream colored
Designs are hand painted in blue, light blue, dark blue, and purple
Design motifs typically include random curves, splotches, and dots. These may be part of larger
crude, floral designs
Rim motifs oftern consist of diagonal dashes, curves, and dots in a band
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PLATE
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
UNIDENTIFIED WHITE MAJOLICA, MEXICO CITY TRADITION
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1550-1700
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
These plain white majolica sherds, although not specifically identified in the Lister Collection as
belonging to already-defined types, are thought to share the general characteristic of paste
and enamel associated with the Mexico City majolica tradition.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
UNIDENTIFIED WHITE MAJOLICA, PUEBLA TRADITION
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
PUEBLA, MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1650-1850
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
These plain white majolica sherds, although not specifically identified in the Lister Collection as
belonging to already-defined types, are thought to share the general characteristic of paste
and enamel associated with the Puebla, Mexico majolica tradition.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
UNIDENTIFIED WHITE MAJOLICA, SPAIN
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
SPAIN
Fecha de Producción:
Definir Atributos:
Forma del Recipiente :
Comentarios:
These Plain White Majolica sherds were collected at various sites in Spain and do not conform
to already-described types.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Nombre Tipológico:
VENTURA POLYCHROME
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
MEXICO
Fecha de Producción:
1821-1834
Definir Atributos:
Hard paste, buff to orange or reddish in color
Off-shite background enamel, with decoration typically in green and dark brown or black
Most common motif consists of green bands surround two to three wavy black lines that cross
each other
Floral designs in yellow or reddish-orange and random green dots are also known to occur
Rims of plates are frequently are scalloped or undulating
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
Comentarios:
May (1976) states that the date range for Ventura Polychrome is provisional only. It is likely
that this type was produced in Puebla and possibly Mexico City as well.
Definiciones Publicadas:
May 1976
Nombre Tipológico:
WHIELDON WARE
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1740-1770
Definir Atributos:
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
Forma del Recipiente :
PLATE
PLATTER
TEA POT
Comentarios:
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.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1969, South 1977
Nombre Tipológico:
WHIELDON WARE, CAULIFLOWER PATTERNED
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1740-1770
Definir Atributos:
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 head of cauliflower
Forma del Recipiente :
TUREEN
Comentarios:
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.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Noel Hume 1969, South 1977
Nombre Tipológico: WHIELDON WARE, PINEAPPLE PATTERNED Categoría Cerámica: REFINED EARTHENWARE Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND Fecha de Producción: 1740-1770 Definir Atributos: 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 Forma del Recipiente : TUREEN Comentarios: 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. Definiciones Publicadas: Noel Hume 1969, South 1977
Nombre Tipológico:
WHITEWARE, HAND PAINTED
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1830-present
Definir Atributos:
White to off white colored, thin, hard, compact paste
Clear lead glaze, background is pure, paper white
Glaze in clear to light grey where is pools, and may also be slightly bluish
Hand painted and sponged floral and geometric patterns in bright colors
Colors include blue, reddish-pink, green, pruple, orange and pink
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
JAR
PITCHER
PLATE
PLATTER
TEA POT
TUREEN
Comentarios:
Flow painted in blue and purple, cut sponge designs and sprig painted wares gain popularity
around 1840. Large painted floral polychrome designs in table and tea wares gain popularity in
the 1870's.
Definiciones Publicadas:
South 1977, Miller 1991
Nombre Tipológico: WHITEWARE, OVERGLAZED Categoría Cerámica: REFINED EARTHENWARE Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND Fecha de Producción: 1870-present Definir Atributos: White to off white colored, thin, hard, compact paste Clear lead glaze, background is pure, paper white Glaze in clear to light grey where is pools, may also appear slightly bluish Guilded band around rim Forma del Recipiente : BOWL CUP PLATE PLATTER TEA POT Comentarios: Liquid bright gold became available in 1836, but was not used by the potteries of Staffordshire until 1870, and at that point it began being used on cheaper wares. Definiciones Publicadas: South 1977, Miller 1991
Nombre Tipológico:
WHITEWARE, PLAIN
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1830-present
Definir Atributos:
White to off white colored, thin, hard, compact paste
Clear lead glaze, background is pure, paper white
Glaze in clear to light grey where is pools, may also be slightly bluish
Blue tints may also added to the glaze, to achieve a similar appearance to pearlwares
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
CUP
PLATE
PLATTER
TEA POT
Comentarios:
Definiciones Publicadas:
South 1977, Miller 1991
Nombre Tipológico:
WHITEWARE, TRANSFER PRINTED
Categoría Cerámica:
REFINED EARTHENWARE
Lugar de Producción:
ENGLAND
Fecha de Producción:
1830-present
Definir Atributos:
Clear lead glaze, background is pure, paper white
White to off white colored, thin, hard, compact paste
Glaze in clear to light grey where is pools, may also be slightly bluish
Transfer printed designs made up of many tiny dots in red, pink, green, blue, brown and black
Forma del Recipiente :
BOWL
PLATE
PLATTER
Comentarios:
After 1850, Willow pattern is used for tea as well as table wares. During the 1830's romantic
views were the most popular motiff, and after 1870 Japanese styles gained popularity in
brown designs on ivory backgrounds.
Definiciones Publicadas:
South 1977, Miller 1991, Samford 1997
Nombre Tipológico:
YAYAL BLUE ON WHITE
Categoría Cerámica:
MAJOLICA
Lugar de Producción:
SPAIN
Fecha de Producción:
1490-1625
Definir Atributos:
Light cream to buff paste color, with a soft, chalky, spongy clay texture.
Concentric blue bands encircle the interior of the vessel
Occasionally a crude central medallion design based on a palmette, parallel crisscrossed lines,
and inscriptions
Forma del Recipiente :
BACIN
BOWL
ESCUDILLA
JAR
PLATO
Comentarios:
Early examples generally have a lighter color of blue than that on late examples. Although
Yayal Blue on White existed during the early seventeenth century it appears to have reached a
peak of popularity around 1550.
Definiciones Publicadas:
Deagan 1987; Fairbanks 1973; Goggin 1968; Lister and Lister 1982
Nombre Tipológico: YELLOW WARE Categoría Cerámica: REFINED EARTHENWARE Lugar de Producción: ENGLAND Fecha de Producción: 1840-20th century Definir Atributos: Very hard, compact buff colored refined earthenware paste Transparent lead glaze makes interior and exterior appear yellowish May be plain or decorated Decorative techniques include slip decorating, painting, and molding Forma del Recipiente : BOWL CHAMBER POT Comentarios: Definiciones Publicadas: Noel Hume 1969; South 1977; www.stmarys.ca/academic/arts/anthropology/sdavis/ceramics/
Nombre Tipológico: YUCATAN COLONIAL Categoría Cerámica: UNGLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE Lugar de Producción: YUCATAN, MEXICO Fecha de Producción: 1570-1650 Definir Atributos: Paste is usually cream colored and gritty with limestone tempering Exterior has a smoothed, polished orange finish Orange finish has tendency to wear off irregularly producing a speckled appearance Forma del Recipiente : JAR Comentarios: Definiciones Publicadas: Deagan 1987
hand painted and inlaid
hand painted and incised
hand painted and impressed
hand painted and molded
incised
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