Type Name:

ABO POLYCHROME VARIANT

Category:

MAJOLICA

Production Origin:

PUEBLA, MEXICO

Production Date Range:

1650-1750

Defining Attributes:

Thin, cream to buff, compact coarse earthenware paste without visible temper.

Opaque, off-white, reflective background tin enamel.

Polychrome design in orange and blue dots or lobe-like elements.

Blue lobed pendants present on the marlie. In the center of the vessel is a human, animal, or floral motif outlined in black and filled in with dots or parallel lobe-like elements.

Vessel Forms:

PLATO

Comments:

Found in Mexico and Florida, Hale Smith called this variety "Abo Polychrome Type B." Examples found in Florida also have a brown-banded orange border.

Published Definitions:

Smith 1965