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US
/məˈdʒɔɫəkə/
]
[ UK /mædʒˈɒlɪkɐ/ ]
[ UK /mædʒˈɒlɪkɐ/ ]
NOUN
- highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide
How To Use majolica In A Sentence
- Display your majolica or old world pottery behind the chicken wire to authenticate the look.
- The technique of making majolica begins with firing a piece of earthenware.
- During the second firing, the glazes interact creating the rich colors majolica pieces carry so well.
- This chapter represents an important contribution to the history of both majolica and social customs.
- In addition to its maritime trade and ship-building, the population is chiefly engaged in manufactures of steel, glass, delph, majolica, and in the quarrying of lignite and marble. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock
- Translate this promiscuous flamboyance into pottery and you have majolica, into theater and you have Palermo's life-sized puppet shows, into cuisine and you have… caponata.
- The other is the name majolica, applied to lustred ware at first, and afterwards to all Italian faience.
- You'll find some of the finest Majolica pottery in all of Mexico and some fabulous conserves by the women of Santa Rosa, all in a pristine mountain environment. Recommendations?
- `No, only decorative stuff in terracotta and majolica, and roof and floor tiles too. THE MARSHAL AND THE MURDERER
- The ceiling is adorned with majolica lacunars.