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Type Name: GUATEMALA WHITE
Type Index: MAJOLICA
Production Origin: GUATEMALA
Date Range: 1580-20th century
Defining Attributes:

Hard, gritty paste, dark red in color

Off-white background enamel which varies from thick to nearly translucent.

Vessel Forms: BOWL
CHAMBER POT
CUP
PITCHER
PLATE
VASE
Comments: There is little published on specific types of Guatemalan majolicas. The major center is thought to have been at Santiago, Guatemala, and very little of this majolica was exported to other areas of the Spanish Americas.
Published Definitions: Deagan 1987; Lister and Lister 1974; Luján Muñoz 1975

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