Soup Bowl with Handles (Sopera con asas), ca. 1840
Puebla
Tin-enameled earthenware
Technical Glossary
Puebla
Tin-enameled earthenware
Diam. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, 1911 (11.87.51)
Large Bowl, ca. 1840
Puebla
Tin-enameled earthenware
Diam. 15 7/8 in. (40 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, 1911 (11.87.54)
Footed Bowl with Heads, ca. 1845
Puebla
Tin-enameled earthenware
7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, 1911 (11.87.55)
After the Mexican wars of independence (1810–21), ceramicware in Puebla returned to the bold and free spirit of the earlier blue-and-white designs. Classically restrained bands of ornament exploded into a riot of stylized blooms in fiercely contrasting colors, a last flourish of this uniquely important Mexican contribution to the arts of the Americas.
