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majolica

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8 lettersPronunciation /məˈd͡ʒɒlɪkə/Part of speech nounSorted aacijlmoStarts with MEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide

Word origin

From Italian maiolica, named after the Island of Mallorca (formerly known as Maiòlica), which was once a commerce center for work produced in Valencia, Spain. Doublet of Mallorca and Majorca.

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  • The Italian Vase [top, left, p.8] is Majolica, […] The Ewer [bottom, middle, p.8] is a Palissy vase.
  • […] the coloured glaze decorated wares which we now call majolica, but which Minton referred to as Palissy wares.
  • The Italian pottery, generally known under the names of Majolica, Raffaelle ware, and sometimes by the term of "Umbrian ware," through the production of the fifteenth century […].

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