Type Name:

TUMACACORI POLYCHROME

Category:

MAJOLICA

Production Origin:

MEXICO

Production Date Range:

1780-1860

Defining Attributes:

Paste is typically cream to buff/tan in color with heavy sand tempering

Light blue background enamel with designs in dark brown/black, blue, green, yellow, and orange

Typically designs include a wavy line surrounded by dots and floral motifs

Designs are placed around the rims, in the center of vessles, and sometimes in Chinese-inspried reserved panels

Plates often have molded, undulating rims

Vessel Forms:

CUP
PLATE

Comments:

Barnes (1972) recognizes three varieties: Tumacacori I, 1780-1820, cahracterized by a thin, wavy black line with alternating blue and green floral elements above and below it; Tumacacori II, 1810-1840, characterized by a wavy black line with blue dots at the highest and lowest points of the line; and Tumuacacori III, 1830-1860, characterized by green dots outlined in black, which are surrounded by blue dots connected by stemlike black lines.

Published Definitions:

Barnes 1972; Deagan 1987; Goggin 1968; May 1972, 1976