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 Figure

Shepherdess

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Animal figure

Bull-Baiting Group

Maker(s)

Potter: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)
Potter: Wood, Ralph, III (Possibly)

An image of Figure group

Courtship

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified factory

Tea bowl and saucer

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery (Probably)

An image of Teabowl

Teabowl

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Probably)

Jug

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Possibly)
Factory: Unidentified Yorkshire factory (Possibly)

Mug

Maker(s)

Factory: uncertain

An image of Bust

François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire (1694-1778)

Maker(s)

Factory: Member of the Wood family

Plate

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Possibly)
Factory: Unidentified Yorkshire factory (Possibly)

Coffee can

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Liverpool factory (Probably)

An image of Mug

Mug

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Yorkshire Pottery

An image of Figure group

The Vicar and Moses

Maker(s)

Potter: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)

An image of Figure group

Seated Virgin and Child

Maker(s)

Factory: Wood, Enoch (Probably)

An image of Figure group

Cephalus and Procris

Maker(s)

Production: Lakin & Poole

An image of Figure group

The Assassination of Marat

Maker(s)

Factory: Lakin & Poole

John Bull and Bonaparte jug

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery (Possibly)

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