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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

Erato

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Perhaps)

Plate

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)

Pharmacy jar

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)

Plate

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Dish

Maker(s)

Workshop: Domenego da Venezia

Jar

Maker(s)

Workshop: Domenego da Venezia (Probably)

Pharmacy jar

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown (Probably)

Plate

Maker(s)

Workshop: Patanazzi family (Probably)

The Goddess Latona and the Lycians

Maker(s)

Workshop: Guido di Merlino (Probably)
Workshop: Unknown (Possibly)

Pharmacy jar

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Uncertain)

Ewer

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown (Possibly)

Dish

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)

Dish

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

Pharmacy jar

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Fragment

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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