Type Name:

YAYAL BLUE ON WHITE

Category:

MAJOLICA

Production Origin:

SPAIN

Production Date Range:

1490-1625

Defining Attributes:

Light cream to buff paste color, with a soft, chalky, spongy clay texture.

Concentric blue bands encircle the interior of the vessel

Occasionally a crude central medallion design based on a palmette, parallel crisscrossed lines, and inscriptions

Vessel Forms:

BACIN
BOWL
ESCUDILLA
JAR
PLATO

Comments:

Early examples generally have a lighter color of blue than that on late examples. Although Yayal Blue on White existed during the early seventeenth century it appears to have reached a peak of popularity around 1550.

Published Definitions:

Deagan 1987; Fairbanks 1973; Goggin 1968; Lister and Lister 1982