Type Name:

CUENCA TILE-TYPE B

Category:

MAJOLICA

Production Origin:

SPAIN

Production Date Range:

1500-1575

Defining Attributes:

Paste is typically cream to buff in color.

Off-white background with impressed designs painted in green, blue, honey, or black.

Design motifs are predominantly floral and naturalistic designs.

Vessel Forms:

TILE

Comments:

The stamped designs on Cuenca Tile-Type B are generally impressed deeper than those on Type A. Type B also uses green as the main decorative color to a greater degree than Type A which uses more blue. Type B tiles average 2.75 centimeters in thickness and 10.9 to 11.2 centimeters per side. Designs are naturalistic , curvilinear, and renaissance in inspiration.

Published Definitions:

Deagan 1987; Goggin 1968