Type Name:

CREAMWARE, PLAIN

Category:

REFINED EARTHENWARE

Production Origin:

ENGLAND

Production Date Range:

1762-1820

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.

Vessel Forms:

BOWL
CUP
PITCHER
PLATE
PLATTER

Comments:

Published Definitions:

Noel Hume 1969, Miller 1991, Sussman 2000b