Type Name:

SEVILLA WHITE

Category:

MAJOLICA

Production Origin:

SPAIN

Production Date Range:

1530-1650

Defining Attributes:

Creamy yellow or sometimes rosy yellow compact paste.

Thick, white, glossy enamel glaze that often has fine crazing, fine black specks, pinholes or firing marks.

Italianate-style, ring-footed vessels

Vessel Forms:

BOWL
BRIMMED PLATO

Comments:

Sevilla White is thought to have been produced in and exported from Seville, probably inspired by the Italian ware, Faenza White.

Published Definitions:

Deagan 1987; Lister and Lister 1982