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 115 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

14yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Coffee pot

Coffee pot

Maker(s)

Production: Neale & Co. (Uncertain)
Unknown (Uncertain)

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Production: Liverpool

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Factory: uncertain

An image of Jug

Jug

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

An image of Jug

Copper lustre relief moulded jug

Maker(s)

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

An image of Animal figure

Stag with Bocage

Maker(s)

Factory: Wood, Enoch

An image of Teapot

Teapot

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified (Possibly)

An image of Cup and saucer

Cup and saucer

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified (Possibly)

An image of Figure

Andromache mourning Hector

Maker(s)

Factory: Leeds Pottery

An image of Mug

Mug

Maker(s)

Factory: uncertain

An image of Tea pot

Tea pot

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Jug

Jug

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Production: Leeds Pottery

An image of Jug

Jug

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery (Possibly)

An image of Jug

Jug

Maker(s)

Factory: Bill, Simpson & Co.

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 Plaque

Plaque: Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755-93)

An image of Mug

Mug

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified

An image of Figure group

The Widow of Zarapheth

Maker(s)

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

An image of Figure

Demosthenes (384-322 BC)

Maker(s)

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

An image of Figure

Winter

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Tea caddy

Tea caddy

Maker(s)

Pottery: Bovey Heathfield Pottery (Probably)

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