Type Name:

GUATEMALA GREEN ON WHITE

Category:

MAJOLICA

Production Origin:

GUATEMALA

Production Date Range:

1580-20th century

Defining Attributes:

Hard, gritty paste, dark red in color.

Off-white background enamel which varies from thick to nearly translucent.

Designs painted in bright green, consisting of bands, dots, geometric elements and highly stylized floral elements.

Vessel Forms:

BOWL
PLATE

Comments:

There is little published on specific types of Guatemalan majolicas. The major center is thought to have been at Santiago, Guatemala, and very little of this majolica was exported to other areas of the Spanish Americas.

Published Definitions:

Deagan 1987; Lister and Lister 1974; Luján Muñoz 1975