Maiolica Majolica and Faience TinGlazed Earthenware
19/05/2022 Paintings & Collectibles
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Tin-glazed earthenware is known by many names. Regardless of what it is called, or from which corner of the word it comes, it is celebrated for its charming array of forms and its beautiful, lustrous finish.
The process of tin-glazing may be used to decorate the humblest of household crockery, such as a plate or a milk jug, or to produce remarkable works of high art, such as Giovanni della Robbia’s “Resurrection of Christ” from c. 1520, which is illustrated above (photograph courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum).
This blog explores tin-glazed earthenware from its inception in the medieval Near East, following the technique’s journey through the Islamic world to Moorish Spain, and from the Iberian Peninsula to Italy and onto practically every corner of the continent of Europe.
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