majolica

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majolica.
1. Fine Italian pottery coated with opaque white enamel ornamented with metallic colours.

2. Any kind of glazed coloured earthenware or faïence, also called Raffaella ware.

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Quinterio (1990)

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture JAMES STEVENS CURL

majolica

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majolica fine kind of Italian pottery. XVI. — It., f. name of the island Majorca, formerly † Majolica, where the best ware of this kind was said to be made.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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