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The Story of Spanish and Mexican Mayólica

Origins of Mexican Mayólica
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Galleon Inventory
La Alhambra
Bowl / Taza
1625-1675, Mexico City
or Puebla, Mexico
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (Museum of New Mexico), Santa Fe
Restored
Photo by Paul Smutko

Shipments in 1590 from Seville to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Colombia included:

  • 10 mayólica cups from Triana (Seville)
  • 1 box of white Sevillian mayólica
  • 200 white mayólica cups from Triana
  • 12 boxes in which are 419 dozen Blue plates and porringers from Talavera
  • 2 boxes of blue and white mayólica from Talavera
  • 200 mayólica cups from Triana

Lister and Lister, Andalusian Ceramics in Spain and New Spain, 1987

Origins of Mayólica

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The Traditional Potter's Workshop

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