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.

This description of Mexico City Green on Cream comes from the Historical Archaeology Digital Ceramic Type Collection maintained by the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Defining attributes: 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.