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Maiolica

Scope note

Use for Italian tin-glazed earthenware produced from the Renaissance to the present. For similar but non-Italian products, especially since the mid-19th century, use "majolica."

This term has 742 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Keyword
Object name
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300021170

Broader Terms used

earthenware

Narrower Terms used

istoriato

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

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Production: Unidentified Deruta pottery (Probably)
Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Perhaps)

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Production: Unidentified Deruta pottery (Possibly)
Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)

An image of Bowl

Bowl

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified Faenza pottery (Probably)

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Production: Unidentified Deruta pottery (Probably)

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Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Production: Unidentified Lazio pottery (Perhaps)

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Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)

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Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)

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Production: Unknown (Probably)

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Production: Unknown (Possibly)

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Production: Unidentified Deruta pottery (Probably)
Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Possibly)

Fragment

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Deruta pottery (Probably)
Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Possibly)

An image of Bowl

Bowl

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

An image of Dish

Dish

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: maiolica" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/terminology/term-42865 Accessed: 2024-11-22 13:30:16

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