Puebla Polychrome Majolica - National Parks Gallery

Puebla Polychrome has cobalt blue and black decoration with scroll-like and lobe designs painted in blue, overlaid with thin black lines in lacy patterns. Majolica is a wheel-thrown pottery, made with a soft earthenware paste covered with a tin glaze, and is generally shaped in the form of deep brimmed plates or bowls. Most of the majolica found in St. Augustine was made in Mexico between the late 16th century and the 18th century.

(Artifacts of the Spanish Colonies of Florida and the Caribbean, 1500-1800, Volume I: Ceramics, Glassware, and Beads, by Dr. Kathleen Deagan)