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TIN-ENAMELED WARE (DELFT)
Holland and England
- mid 16th - late 18th centuries
- soft, buff to pinkish cream body with a slightly opaque white
glaze (sometimes the glaze has a pale blue tint); blue and white hand-painted decoration only until ca. 1690, when
bright red, green, yellow, and orange were added to the palette; geometric, floral, pseudo-Chinese designs, or
pastoral scenes; delft is often undecorated
- English type generally referred to as 'delftware,' with a
lower-case 'd'; Dutch product known as 'Delft'
- table/tea wares, decorative and commemorative plates, pharmaceutical
pots, chamber pots
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