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majolica

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

majolica or maiolica [from Majorca ], type of faience usually associated with wares produced in Spain, Italy, and Mexico. The process of making majolica consists of first firing a piece of earthenware, then applying a tin enamel that upon drying forms a white opaque porous surface. A design is then painted on and a transparent glaze applied. Finally the piece is fired again. This type of ware was produced in the ancient Middle East by the Babylonians, and the method remained continuously in use. It was extensively employed by the Hispano-Moresque potters of the 14th cent. By the mid-15th cent. majolica was popular in Italy, where it became justly famous through the decorations of the Della Robbia family. The method is still widely used in folk art.

Bibliography: See G. Liverani, Five Centuries of Italian Majolica (tr. 1960); M. Barnes and R. May, Mexican Majolica in Northern New Spain (1980).

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majolica

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

majolica.
1. Fine Italian pottery coated with opaque white enamel ornamented with metallic colours.

2. Any kind of glazed coloured earthenware or faïence, also called Raffaella ware.

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majolica

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

majolica fine kind of Italian pottery. XVI. — It., f. name of the island Majorca, formerly † Majolica, where the best ware of this kind was said to be made.

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majolica

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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