Type Name:

SIXTEENTH CENTURY LEAD-GLAZED REDWARE

Category:

LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE

Production Origin:

UNKNOWN, POSSIBLY SEVILLE

Production Date Range:

1500-1600

Defining Attributes:

Soft, very sandy, and friable paste, dark orange in color.

Smooth, reflective lead glaze, usually on a single vessel surface, although glazing on both sides can occur. The glaze is typically brownish, light olive green, or brownish-orange, and tends to have a slightly speckled appearance.

Vessel Forms:

BOWL
ESCUDILLA
JAR
PORRINGER

Comments:

This variety of lead glazed sandy red paste ware has been reported from sixteenth century sites in the Dominica Republic, Florida, Venezuela and Seville.

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