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2. Majolica - Wikipedia

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   Firstly, from the mid-15th century onwards, was maiolica, a type of pottery reaching Italy from Spain, Majorca [1] and beyond. This was made by a tin-glaze process [2] (dip, dry, paint, fire), resulting in an opaque white glazed surface decorated with brush-painting in metal oxide enamel colour (s).

3. Maiolica - Wikipedia

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   Istoriato decoration on a plate from Castel Durante, c. 1550–1570 (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille) Maiolica / maɪˈɒlɪkə / is tin-glazed pottery decorated in colours on a white background. The most renowned Italian maiolica is from the Renaissance period. These works were known as istoriato wares ("painted with stories") when depicting ...

4. Capodimonte porcelain - Wikipedia

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   Capodimonte porcelain (sometimes "Capo di Monte") is porcelain created by the Capodimonte porcelain manufactory (Real Fabbrica di Capodimonte), which operated in Naples, Italy, between 1743 and 1759. Capodimonte is the most significant factory for early Italian porcelain, the Doccia porcelain of Florence being the other main Italian factory.

5. Deruta ceramics - Wikipedia

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   Production of pottery is documented in the early Middle Ages, though no surviving pieces can be firmly attributed there before about 1490. It reached its artistic peak in the 15th and early 16th century. [1] It was the first Italian centre to use lustreware pigments, usually yellow, ruby or olive-green. Open pieces are usually only painted the ...

6. Caltagirone Ceramics - Wikipedia

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   The Ceramica di Caltagirone is a type of ceramics made in Caltagirone, in Sicily . This pottery is one of the most documented and stylistically varied, as well as one of the best known in the world. [1] His historical knowledge is based on recent research carried out in the context of the creation of the Museum of Ceramics , first at the local ...

7. Grazia Deruta - Wikipedia

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   Grazia Deruta. Grazia Deruta is pottery producer in Deruta, Italy, the family business with the tradition from 1500. [1] In the factory building is the Grazia Museum founded in 2001 and presenting 690 ceramic works, the ancient origins and the development of the Grazia factory. [2]