Mochaware
A type of English earthenware pottery, mochaware, first made in the late eighteenth century, is a multi-colored utilitarian pottery that features a wet-look surface decorated with crawling worms, cats’ eyes, seal life, rolling waves, alternating bands of color, trees and cross-hatches. It was imported into America during the nineteenth century and later produced here. Its name derives from “mukha” stone, a strain of moss agate found in the Yemeni city of Mukha. The [...] Click here to continue reading.