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Majolica

//məˈd͡ʒɒlɪkə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Earthenware decorated with coloured lead silicate glazes applied directly to an unglazed body. countable, uncountable

    "The Italian Vase [top, left, p.8] is Majolica, […] The Ewer [bottom, middle, p.8] is a Palissy vase."

  2. 2
    highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide wordnet
  3. 3
    Earthenware coated with opaque white tin-glaze, decorated with coloured metal oxide enamel(s). countable, uncountable

    "The Italian pottery, generally known under the names of Majolica, Raffaelle ware, and sometimes by the term of "Umbrian ware," through the production of the fifteenth century [...]""

Etymology

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

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