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In a message dated 8/5/1999 9:47:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< This is a
redware paste--a very hard, thin example--almost like stoneware. The
interior white slip is quite thin and the clear glaze on both sides is
slightly crackled--apparently with age/damage rather than intentionally.
The blue on the exterior is a clear bright blue--pretty much the basic blue
on a color spectrum. Where the two color zones intersect there is a narrow,
almost black band--it seems to be from one color being placed over the
other. The brown zone is a deep, dark brown and since it is under the clear
glaze, it doesn't seem to be a case of copper lustre which has darkened.
Does the further description help? Lustre would certainly fit the time
period for the site as well as going along with the several colors of
transfer print ware we have. >>
Lucy--
I believe that there are several types of refined redware with slip coated
bodies and lead glazes that begin with the 18th century Astbury wares
illustrated by Noel Hume. They split off into a number of "types" in the
19th century. Lustre is one decorative motif, but not a separate type. I
usually lump these together as "Astbury-type" wares. They were made for a
long time, and I don't think of them as good temporal markers unless they
have distinctive sprigging or other decoration.
Carl Steen
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