Type Name:

CAPARRA BLUE

Category:

MAJOLICA

Production Origin:

SEVILLE, SPAIN

Production Date Range:

1492-1600

Defining Attributes:

Paste is chalky and ranges from cream to pinkish-orange in color.

The exterior surface is covered with solid blue tin-enamel ranging from light blue to dark gray-blue, and frequently has a specked or sponged appearance. The interior surface is covered with white or off-white tin enamel.

No designs have been reported on either surface.

Vessel Forms:

ALBARELO

Comments:

The only vessel form reported so far for Caparra Blue is the albarelo, or Spanish drug jar.

Published Definitions:

De Hostos 1938; Goggin 1968; Deagan 1987