majolica
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The majolica figure of a turkey, designed as a piece of ceramic artwork by Sandro Vacchetti in 1932. The colourful nature of majolica-ware has kept it popular with collectors, and this has ensured that the technique has never been fully abandoned by artisans in ceramics.
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A majolica dish made in Faenza, Italy, in 1497, decorated with the mythical scene of the arrival of Aeneas at Delos, Greece. The majolica-ware of the craftsmen of Faenza was so good that one major variety, involving crushed quartz, is still known specifically by the name of the city, in English, faience.
Tin-glazed earthenware and the richly decorated enamel pottery produced in Italy in the 15th to 18th centuries. The name derives from the Italian form of Mallorca, the island from where Moorish lustreware made in Spain was shipped to Italy. During the 19th century the word was used to describe moulded earthenware with relief patterns decorated in coloured glazes.
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