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Type Name: HUEJOTZINGO VARIANT
Type Index: MAJOLICA
Production Origin: PUEBLA , MEXICO
Date Range: 1770-1850
Defining Attributes:

Glossy white to off-white background enamel.

Emerald green or yellow decoration restricted to a single band around rim

Rim band is usually wavy, sometimes with a thin black line below the rim band.

Vessel Forms: PLATO
POCILLO
TAZA
Comments: Huejotzingo Variant (along with Huetjotzingo Blue and White) has been reported from Mexico City and Arizona, but not from Spanish sites in Florida or the Caribbean. This distribution, and the wavy rim band, suggest a date at the end of the eighteenth century. This Majolica variety is closely related to the type, Wavy Rim Green on White described from sites in the Southwest by Cohen-Williams (1992) Barnes and May (1972) and Williams and Cohen Williams 2004) .
Published Definitions: Barnes and May (1972) Cohen-Williams (1992) Seifert 1977; Williams and Cohen Williams 2004

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