Undecorated pearlware vessels were considerably less common than decorated varieties, and many archaeologically-recovered sherds without decoration were undoubtedly fragments from decorated wares. The paste of pearlware produced after 1810 was heavier and whiter than earlier examples, and had a harder lead glaze, varying in color from almost clear to deeply bluish tinted.

This description of Pearlware Plain 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. White to faint bluish white clear lead glaze, caused by the addition of cobalt to the glaze. Bluish cast where glaze pools.