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.
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.