Panama Viejo supported a modest but short-lived industry whose products went south along the west coast of South America. No Chinese ceramic influence is apparent. This maiolica was traded widely in the Caribbean and to all northern borderlands.Ī secondary industry in Guatemala apparently was based more directly upon Sevillian models.
The first colonial maiolica industry developed in Mexico soon after the Conquest, at first imitating Spanish prototypes and later developing local styles which at various periods assimilated Spanish, Italian, and Chinese mannerisms. The white ground wares of this Caribbean complex are believed to have originated in Sevilla the blue ground wares probably are of Genoese origin, with Spanish copies. One represents direct export from Spain to the New World and is found around the Caribbean basin in late 15th through 16th century horizons.
Five complexes of maiolica are suggested as having been present in colonial Spanish America.
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