Type: Sevilla Blue on White

Name, Origin, Date

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Sevilla Blue on White

Spain/

1530 - 1650 CE

Historic (Spanish Colo...

Earlier/Alternative Names

Detail Attributes

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Morphological Attributes

bowl, brimmed bowl

Technological Attributes

Creamy yellow or somet...

Thick, white, gloss...

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Description

Creamy yellow or sometimes rosy yellow compact paste. Thick, white, glossy enamel glaze that often has fine crazing, fine black specks, pinholes or firing marks. Designs are painted in a light cobalt blue, and are small in scale, detailed and usually carefully executed. Blue paint sometimes has a foamy appearance. Motifs include floral elements, dots, stripes, short, thick lines and monograms. Vessels are Italianate-style and ring-footed, with thin, light vessel walls.

Associated Wares/Ware Families

Majolica


Associated Petrofabrics

Associated Kilns/Workshops

Bibliography

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  1. Florence C. and Robert Lister. Sixteenth century majolica pottery in the valley of Mexico. Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona no. 3. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1982

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