View all examples of PEARLWARE, SPONGED OR SPATTERED
| Type Name: | PEARLWARE, SPONGED OR SPATTERED |
| Type Index: | REFINED EARTHENWARE |
| Production Origin: | ENGLAND |
| Date Range: | 1770-1830 |
| Defining Attributes: |
White to light cream-colored, thin, hard refined earthenware paste. White to faint bluish white clear lead glaze, caused by the addition of cobalt to the glaze. There is a bluish cast where the glaze pools. Decoration combines simple painted designs such as peafowl and floral elements with areas of sponge-applied or powdered-applied paint, usually in blue. |
| Vessel Forms: |
PLATE |
| Comments: | Powder applied paint is referred to as "spattered", and sponge-applied paint is referred to as "sponged". After 1840, decoration was applied exclusively with sponges, cut into desired shapes, and without accompanying painting. This cut-sponge décor, however, appears primarily on Whiteware. |
| Published Definitions: | Noel Hume 1969; South 1977 |