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

Autumn from a Set of Seasons

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: James Neale & Co.

An image of Figure

Spring from a Set of Seasons

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: James Neale & Co.

An image of Figure

Standing woman

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified factory
David Wilson (Possibly)

An image of Figure

Hygieia

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Figure group

Charity

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood, Ralph

An image of Figure

The goddess Diana

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
Production: Wood, Ralph, II (Possibly)

An image of Figure and animal group

Jupiter with his Eagle

Maker(s)

Production: Wood, Enoch (Probably)

An image of Figure

Minerva

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Figure

The Prophet Elijah and the Ravens

Maker(s)

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

Vase with figures and animals

Maker(s)

Production: Neale & Co. (Probably)
Production: Wilson, Robert (d. 1801) (Possibly)

An image of Figure

Ceres

Maker(s)

Production: Neale & Co. (Probably)
Production: Wilson, Robert (Probably)

An image of Cup and saucer

Cup and saucer

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified (Possibly)

An image of Figure group

Woman and Child representing Charity

Maker(s)

Factory: Wood, Enoch

An image of Figure

Milton

Maker(s)

Pottery: Wood, Enoch
Pottery: Wood & Caldwell

An image of Jug

Jug

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified English factory

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Figure

Bacchus

Maker(s)

Factory: Wood, Enoch

An image of Figure

Bacchus

Maker(s)

Factory: Wood, Enoch

An image of Figure

Dusty Bob

Maker(s)

Pottery: Wood, Enoch

An image of Figure

Child with Basket

Maker(s)

Factory: Wood, Enoch

An image of Animal figure

Hind with Tree Stump

Maker(s)

Factory: Wood, Enoch

An image of Bowl

Bowl

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

An image of Dessert plate

Dessert plate

Maker(s)

Production: Leeds Pottery

An image of Jug

Jug

Maker(s)

Factory: Don Pottery (Probably)

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