Type Name:

CREAMWARE, FEATHER EDGED

Category:

REFINED EARTHENWARE

Production Origin:

ENGLAND

Production Date Range:

1765-1810

Defining Attributes:

White to light cream-colored, thin, hard, compact (although slightly porous) paste.

Creamy yellow surface glaze caused by the addition of copper to a transparent lead glaze.

Yellowish to greenish cast where glaze pools.

Raised lobe or feather design around rim.

Vessel Forms:

PLATE
PLATTER

Comments:

Published Definitions:

Noel Hume 1969, Miller 199, Sussman 2000b