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.
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. De...