Type Name:

ARANAMA POLYCHROME

Category:

MAJOLICA

Production Origin:

PUEBLA, MEXICO

Production Date Range:

1750-1800

Defining Attributes:

Cream to orange-colored, hard, compact paste.

Interior and Exterior are covered with an off-white backgroud enamel.

Orange band framed in brown-black around the rim and around the base of the brim.

Brim and center of vessel are filled with floral and geometric designs with green and yellow the predominant colors.

A second variety is defined by a black-bordered orange rim band with orange and yellow floral elements pendant from it. In the center of the vessel is a human figure.

Vessel Forms:

BOWL
PLATE
TAZA

Comments:

This type marked the initiation of a green-on-orange polychrome tradition that extended throughout the 19th century in Mexico and replaced the 18th century blue-on-white emphasis. The second variety is easily confused with Abo Polychrome. The design motifs overlap but Abo generally has a freer use of blue, a larger number of balloon-like elements, and more open unpainted background areas than Aranama.

Published Definitions:

Goggin 1968; May 1972; Lister and Lister 1974; Deagan 1987