Why is the inside white? On a run of vessels in pieces 1848–1899, a dark, gritty exterior tears open at the rim to reveal an interior lined bright white to cream — usually webbed with fine crazing, like dried river mud shrunk into plates. The contrast is the whole drama: 1894 opens a scalloped torn rim onto heavy white crazing, 1892 pairs its white lining with a rust-crumbled seam band, and 1890 wears the look inside while zebra bands wrap the outside.
The term names the bright lining and its crazing, not the material behind it. Partial cases stay in prose: 1888’s glossy pale inner rim is described on its own page, untagged.
See it on real pieces
1876, 1877, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1897 — or browse the white-interior listing.
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