Type Name:

MT. ROYAL POLYCHROME

Category:

MAJOLICA

Production Origin:

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO

Production Date Range:

1650-1685

Defining Attributes:

Tan to terra-cotta-colored compact, sand tempered paste.

Vessel surface is covered with an off-white enamel.

Decoration consists of brown-bordered orange bands encircling the rim and the center of the vessel, with a single are a single row of blue ovoids or dots between the bands.

Vessel Forms:

BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO

Comments:

This type is similar in design format to Aucilla Polychrome but is distinguished by its use of blue design elements rather than green. Only vessel rims are identifiable.

Published Definitions:

Goggin 1968:159-161, Deagan 2002:79