Maiolica vs. Majolica

Highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide

Tin-glazed earthenware that is often richly colored and decorated, especially an earthenware of this type produced in Italy.

Pottery made in imitation of this earthenware.

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).

A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy decoration, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.

Highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide