Type Name:

CREAMWARE, ROYAL

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.

Gently scalloped marly and rim shape, with a narrow molded band below and following the shape of the rim.

Vessel Forms:

PLATE
PLATTER

Comments:

Published Definitions:

Noel Hume 1969, Miller 1991, Sussman 2000b