Type Name:

OAXACA POLYCHROME

Category:

MAJOLICA

Production Origin:

OAXACA, MEXICO

Production Date Range:

1800-1900

Defining Attributes:

Fine, hard, compact paste typically orange to salmon in color

Off-white background enamel with orange, green, blue, purple, and yellow decorations

Decorative motif consists of elongate lobe elements, groups if vertical lines and random splotches, often overlapping each other. Occasional banding on rims is also present.

Vessel Forms:

CUP
PLATE

Comments:

Published Definitions:

Goggin 1968:201; Seifert 1977