A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy decoration, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.
Technically, "maiolica" is any pottery glazed with an opaque tin enamel that conceals the color of the clay body. "Majolica" with a "j" was used in the 1860's in England for relief decorated pottery covered with colored glazes.
Lead-glazed and/or tin-glazed porous earthenware decorated with transparent metallic pigments, introduced in England by Minton & Company around 1851. The company coined the term "majolica," an anglicized version of maiolica. Often used interchangeably in France and Portugal with faience.
A nineteenth-century earthenware covered with brightly colored lead glazes introduced at the Wedgwood works in 186o and made by many other potters. The name was derived from an entirely different low fired earthenware, covered with a white, opaque, tin-enamel, made in Italy during the Renaissance.
usually applied to English made tin-glazed pottery decorated in the style of Italian maiolica
A low fire glaze technique. Bright colors are created by brushing oxides [ minerals ] over a white tin glaze. Delft is a variation of this method. Delft only uses cobalt oxide, blue. The name is thought to have come from the island of Majorca.
A low fire glazing technique. The process involves applying an opaque tin glaze to earthenware and painting it with different colored oxides.
highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide
Pottery coated with a tin enamel and painted with bright colors. Originally an Italian and Spanish pottery, its French counterpart is called "barbotine."
Earthenware coated with a heavy white glaze made with tin oxide. It originated at a factory on the Spanish island of Majorca.
Pottery painted with a tin glaze that, when fired, gives a lustrous and colorful surface.
Moulded earthenware decorated with bright coloured lead glazes, popular in Victorian England.
A heavily potted, molded earthenware covered in transparent glazes in distinctive, often sombre colors, developed by the Minton factory in the mid 19th century.
Earthenware covered with a soft tin-bearing glaze, often with a luster decoration. The ware originally come from Spain and derived its name from the island of Majorca. The unfired glaze surface is painted with metal oxides which sink into and stain the glaze during firing.
A 19th century earthenware often on elaborate shapes and with a thick brightly coloured glaze.
a technique used in ceramics where a piece of pottery is fired at a low temperature and then covered with a layer of tin enamel which forms a white opaque porous surface when it dries. the piece is then fired again after being decorated with a design and covered with a transparent glaze. the majolica process is exacting, and requires careful technique and good technical understanding in order to be successful. the name majolica is associated with the spanish island of majorca.
Originating in late 19th century England, Majolica has a pale yellow claybody with shiny colorful glazes. The surface was highly modeled providing many "pockets" where the glazes collected to create variations in color saturation. Majolica today still carries the connotation of brightly colored glazes but the surfaces of the wares tends to be smooth allowing for eye catching decorative possibilities. Should not be confused with Maiolica. See also glaze, maiolica.
in modern pottery, a soft opaque coloured glaze, firing temperature approx, 900 c - 1050 c. Originally named from the island of Majorca where it was first made in the 16th Century. Basically similar to Delft.
1. Earthenware with an opaque luster glaze and overglaze colored decorations. 2. Any decorated earthenware having an opaque glaze.
A type of Italian pottery glazed with tin enamel and generally decorated in rich colours.
The technique of applying low fired tin-glazes with different oxides to produce multi-coloured effect.
An opaque glaze, usually white, with a glossy surface. Usually decorated with bright overglaze stains.
Majolica is earthenware with a white tin glaze, decorated by applying colorants on the raw surface of white slip before firing. The high viscosity of the glaze restricts flow as the glaze melts, giving a glossy surface that maintains the line quality of the decoration.