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majolica

[ muh-jol-i-kuh, muh-yol- ]

noun

  1. Italian earthenware covered with an opaque glaze of tin oxide and usually highly decorated.
  2. any earthenware having an opaque glaze of tin oxide.


majolica

/ məˈdʒɒlɪkə; məˈjɒl- /

noun

  1. a type of porous pottery glazed with bright metallic oxides that was originally imported into Italy via Majorca and was extensively made in Italy during the Renaissance
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of majolica1

1545–55; ear-lier maiolica < Italian < Medieval Latin, variant of Late Latin ²ÑÄåÂá´Ç°ù¾±³¦²¹ Majorca, where it was made
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of majolica1

C16: from Italian, from Late Latin ²ÑÄåÂá´Ç°ù¾±³¦²¹ Majorca
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Her technique is the centuries-old majolica, in which she fires her creatures and then dips them in a tin oxide glazing solution that lends an opaque white finish.

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The companies flooded international markets with wares known under the umbrella term “majolica.â€

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Her job was locating Gilded Age table settings, and these majolica shellfish plates made in Staffordshire, England, by Minton were a must-have in upper-class homes of the 1860s on both sides of the Atlantic.

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But her works — delicately painted blue-and-white majolica dishes — were a triumph.

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“Dora De Larios: Other Worlds†will gather works from throughout her career — sculptures, mosaics and functional tableware, including a set of majolica dishes she created for the White House in 1977.

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