majolica

1. w:Ceramic glazeColoured glazes majolica. Thick glazes applied simultaneously to an unglazed body, no fine brush work, no opaque white tin-glaze coating.

Meaning

Noun

  • Earthenware decorated with coloured lead silicate glazes applied directly to an unglazed body.
  • Earthenware coated with opaque white tin-glaze decorated with coloured metal oxide enamel(s).

Origin

  • From Italian maiolica, named after the Island of Majorca (formerly known as Maiolica), which was once a commerce center for work produced in Valencia, Spain. Majorca.

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