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 Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Production: Leeds Pottery

An image of Fragment of a jug

Fragment of a jug

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

An image of Jug

Jug

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery (Possibly)

An image of Animal figure

Stag with Bocage

Maker(s)

Factory: Wood, Enoch

An image of Figure

Shakespeare

Maker(s)

Pottery: Wood, Enoch
Pottery: Wood & Caldwell
Designer: Kent, William (After)
Sculptor: Scheemakers, Peter (After)
Cast maker: Vanina, Peter

An image of Figure group

Time Clipping the Wings of Cupid

Maker(s)

Factory: Lakin & Poole (Probably)
Potter: Wood, Ralph, II (Possibly)

An image of Beaker (drinking vessel)

Beaker (drinking vessel)

Maker(s)

Production: Herculaneum Pottery (Perhaps)

An image of Mug

Railway Mug

Maker(s)

Factory: Don Pottery (Possibly)

Dinner service

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

An image of Animal figure

Lion

Maker(s)

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

An image of Figure

Andromache

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Figure

Apollo

Maker(s)

Production: Lakin & Poole (Probably)

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Figure

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345-1400)

Maker(s)

Production: Wood, Ralph, II

An image of Root dish

Root dish

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Figure

The Death of Cleopatra

Maker(s)

Factory: Wood & Caldwell (Probably)

An image of Figure

Spring from a set of Seasons

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Figure

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

Maker(s)

Production: Wood, Ralph II
Production: Wood, Ralph III

An image of Figure

Autumn from a set of Seasons

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Figure group

Cupid and Psyche

Maker(s)

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

An image of Figure

Woman holding a Cornucopia representing Plenty

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Figure

Venus holding a Dove

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

St Andrew

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Figure

Winter from a set of Seasons

Maker(s)

Production: Neale & Co. (Probably)

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