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Definition of Maiolica
1. Noun. Highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide.
Definition of Maiolica
1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of majolica) (style of Italian glazed earthenware, coated with enamel) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maiolica
1. majolica [n -S] - See also: majolica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maiolica
Literary usage of Maiolica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Historic Ornament, Treating Upon the Evolution, Tradition, and by Richard Glazier (1906)
"maiolica or Italian faience is an earthenware, coated with a ... The early Italian
maiolica was usually covered with a thin white " slip " or engobe of clay ..."
2. National Exhibition of Works of Art, at Leeds, 1868: Official Catalogue by Ralph N James, L Lefèvre (1868)
"maiolica VASE, with two handles, on a scroll pedestal, painted with blue and
yellow designs. PAIE OF maiolica APPLES, coloured after nature. ..."
3. Official Catalogue of the British Section by Great Britain (1876)
"Co., Manufacturers of Geometrical Mosaic, Encaustic, and maiolica Tiles for ...
Manufacturers of Encaustic, Geometric, maiolica, and all kinds of glazed ..."
4. Hispano-Moresque Pottery in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of America by Hispanic Society of America, Edwin Atlee Barber (1915)
"maiolica of the fifteenth and later centuries, in conjunction with the ... Mr.
C. Drury E. Fortnum, in his work on "maiolica," refers to this fabric in the ..."
5. The Pleasures of Collecting by Gardner Callahan Teall (1920)
"CHAPTER XXVI ITALIAN maiolica WHETHER one is a general collector or a collector
of pottery and porcelain in particular, Italian maiolica will be found to be ..."
6. The Practical Book of Early American Arts and Crafts by Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Abbot McClure (1916)
"Four varieties of Chinese decoration are found in the Mexican maiolica. ...
The fourth phase of Mexican maiolica, the Hispano-Mexican or Pueblan Fig. 2. ..."
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