Yellowware is a heavy earthenware made of a yellowish clay. It varies in color from light yellow to orange-yellow. Many nineteenth- and twentieth-century kitchen bowls and jugs were made of yellowware. It was made in England and in the United States. Another form of pottery that is sometimes classed as yellowware, can also be called Mochaware - notice the pitcher in front. The feathering pattern on this mochaware piece was created by dropping the pigment onto the glaze and allowing it to flow on its own creating almost a tree design.
Yellowware is highly collectible, pie pans and molds seem to carry the highest price tags these days. My first yellowware piece that I acquired was actually at an auction and I was bidding against none other than Sotheby's. It is a massive 16" bowl with brown & white stripes - wonderful (far left in the picture). Yes I won, isn't that all that matters....?
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