Type: Columbia Plain Green Dipped

Name, Origin, Date

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Columbia Plain Green D...

Spain/

1490-1565 CE

Historic (Spanish Colo...

Earlier/Alternative Names

General Information

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.


This description of Columbia Plain Green Dipped comes from the Historical Archaeology Digital Ceramic Type Collection maintained by the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Detail Attributes

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Morphological Attributes

bowl, escudilla, jar, ...

Technological Attributes

Light cream to buff pa...

Off-white, cream, o...

Vessels  0

Break Photos  0

Petrographic Samples  0

Description

Light cream to buff paste color, occasionally pink, with a soft, chalky, spongy clay texture.  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.

Associated Wares/Ware Families

Majolica


Associated Petrofabrics

Associated Kilns/Workshops

Bibliography

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  1. Charlie Cobb and Gifford Waters. Historical Archaeology Digital Ceramic Type Collection, 2023. February 23, 2023. https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/histarch/ceramic-types/

Discussion/Acknowledgements

Fairbanks 1973 was also listed on the FLMNH website but the bibliographic information was not provided.