Pearlware

Scope note

Use for earthenware produced by Josiah Wedgewood from 1779, distinguished from his creamware by having a greater percentage of flint and white clay in the body and a trace of cobalt oxide in the glaze which gives it a bluish white cast.

This term has 112 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Keyword
Object category
Object name

Getty AAT term number

3000261855

Broader Terms used

Term used for

pearl ware
pearl-white
ware, pearl

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Cup

Silver-resist cup and saucer

An image of Figure

Prudence

Maker(s)

Potter: Wood, Enoch
Sculptor: Rysbrack, John Michael (After)
Factory: Enoch Wood
Factory: Wood & Caldwell

An image of Jug

Copper lustre relief moulded jug

Maker(s)

Shorthose & Co. (Probably)
Shorthose & Heath (Possibly)
Enoch Wood and Sons (Possibly)

Punch bowl

Maker(s)

Factory: uncertain

An image of Jug

Jug

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown (Probably)

An image of Teapot

Teapot

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified (Possibly)

An image of Mug

Mug

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified

An image of Cup and saucer

Cup and saucer

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified (Possibly)

An image of Tea pot

Tea pot

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Figure

Fisher Boy

Maker(s)

Potter: Wood, Ralph, II (Perhaps)
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Figure

Shepherd

Maker(s)

Pottery: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)

An image of Figure group

Venus and Cupid with a Dolphin

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

An image of Figure

Summer from a Set of Seasons

Maker(s)

Production: James Neale & Co.

An image of Figure

Demosthenes (384-322 BC)

Maker(s)

Potter: Wood, Enoch
Sculptor: Cheere, John (After)

An image of Figure

Venus holding a dove

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Figure

Andromache mourning Hector

Maker(s)

Factory: Leeds Pottery

An image of Figure

Flora

Maker(s)

Factory: Wood & Caldwell (Possibly)
Factory: Wilson

An image of Vase

Vase with figures and animals

Maker(s)

Production: uncertain

An image of Figure group

The Widow of Zarapheth

Maker(s)

Production: Wood, Ralph II
Production: Wood, Ralph III (Perhaps)

An image of Figure

Fortitude

Maker(s)

Factory: Enoch Wood
Potter: Wood, Enoch
Sculptor: Rysbrack, John Michael (After)
Factory: Wood & Caldwell

An image of Tea caddy

Tea caddy

Maker(s)

Pottery: Bovey Heathfield Pottery (Probably)

An image of Figure group

Rinaldo and Armida

Maker(s)

Production: Lakin & Poole

An image of Figure group

Cupid and Psyche

Maker(s)

Factory: Wood, Enoch (Probably)
Factory: Wood & Caldwell (Probably)

An image of Figure and animal group

Ganymede

Maker(s)

Production: Lakin & Poole

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