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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 741 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

14yrs ago

Connected records

Dish

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown (Possibly)

Dish

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Dish

Maker(s)

Workshop: Mancini Workshop (Probably)

The Temptation

Maker(s)

Unknown (Probably)
Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald (Maker of woodcut)

Bowl

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown (Probably)

Vase

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown (Probably)

Bowl

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Bowl

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Bowl

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)

Bowl

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Maker: Unknown (Possibly)

Bowl

Maker(s)

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

Bowl

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Maker: Unknown

Plate

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Uncertain)
Maker: Unidentified Lazio pottery (Uncertain)

Dish

Maker(s)

Production: Farina factory

Jug

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)

Diana and Actaeon

Maker(s)

Workshop: Bettisi, Leonardo di Antonio (Perhaps)
Workshop: Accarisi, Stefano (Perhaps)
Workshop: Maestro dei Panneggi (Perhaps)
Artist: Tempesta, Antonio (After)

Plate

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Bowl

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Jug

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Possibly)
Maker: Unidentified Lazio pottery (Possibly)

Jug

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)

Bowl

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

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