View all examples of MORISCO GREEN
| Type Name: | MORISCO GREEN |
| Type Index: | LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE |
| Production Origin: | SPAIN |
| Date Range: | 1490-1550 |
| Defining Attributes: |
Varied paste types occur, including chalky, cream-colored, majolica-type paste, and buff to light orange hard, compact paste. Surfaces are covered with the same dark emerald green, tin-opacified, glaze that is found on Green Bacín and Green Lebrillo. Vessels are small kitchen utility and tableware forms. |
| Vessel Forms: |
ALBARELO BOTTLE BOWL CANDLE HOLDER CANTIMPLORA |
| Comments: | Morisco Green differs from Green Bacin and Green Lebrillo in its smaller tableware and utilitarian vessel forms. Like Melado, it derived from medieval Hispano-Muslim pottery traditions, which made extensive use of tin-opacified honey colored and dark green glazes (See Lister and Lister 1987). |
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