majolica
Americannoun
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Italian earthenware covered with an opaque glaze of tin oxide and usually highly decorated.
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any earthenware having an opaque glaze of tin oxide.
noun
Etymology
Origin of majolica
1545–55; ear-lier maiolica < Italian < Medieval Latin, variant of Late Latin Mājorica Majorca, where it was made
Example Sentences
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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.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021
“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.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2018
Irwin's porcelain and earthenware "Dusky Seaside Sparrow" borrows the manner of Italian majolica portrait plates to pay homage to a species forced into extinction when development destroyed its habitat and nesting grounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2017
They unloaded household items and equipment: plain white-glazed majolica dishes from Spain, earthenware olive jars that carried vinegar, wine, oil or water, armor, nails.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 9, 2016
The name of majolica is now applied indiscriminately to all fancy articles of coloured pottery.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
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