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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

Plate

Maker(s)

Painter: Africa, Siro Antonio
Factory: uncertain

Fragment

Maker(s)

Workshop: Maestro Benedetto (Probably)

Two-handled jar

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)

Pharmacy jar

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)

Pharmacy jar

Maker(s)

Potter: Maestro Mariotto da Gubbio (Probably)

Plate

Maker(s)

Workshop: Patanazzi family (Probably)

The Creation of Eve

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Artist: Zuccari, Federico (After)
Engraver: Sadeler, Johannes I (After)

Pharmacy jar

Maker(s)

Workshop: Calamelli, Virgiliotto (Probably)

Fragment

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)

Jug

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Purportedly)

Fragment of a bowl centre

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Probably)

Plate

Maker(s)

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

God creating Eve

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Woodcutter: Salomon, Bernard (After)

Cistern

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown (Possibly)
Potter: Unknown (Possibly)

Plate

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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