Marbling is found on vases, flower pots and urns as early as 1760, but was not used in tableware for another twenty years. While the popularity of marbling began to dramatically decline around 1820, this technique was still being used until about 1850.

This description of Annular Ware, Marbelized comes from the Historical Archaeology Digital Ceramic Type Collection maintained by the Florida Museum of Natural History.

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.