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Uriarte is one of the oldest producers of Talavera pottery in Mexico. This is a kind of majolica, named after the city of Talavera de la Reina which had developed in Spain from Arab and Chinese origins and brought to Mexico after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. While majolica was made in a number of places in Mexico, it became highly ...
From there they influenced late medieval pottery in the rest of Spain and Europe, under the name majolica. [8] [19] Spanish craftsmen from Talavera de la Reina (Castile, Spain) adopted and added to the art form. Further Italian influences were incorporated as the craft evolved in Spain, and guilds were formed to regulate the quality.
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The museum collection comprises from antique pottery: Greek, Iberian and Roman to modernism piece. The first collection donated by founder González Martí, consisted of about 6.000 items, mostly ceramics from the medieval period (including ceramic objects from Manises and Paterna and Hispano-Moresque ware) to popular 19th-century Valencian tiles.
The Spanish Conquest introduced European traditions of pottery and had severe effects upon native traditions. Some pottery forms survived intact, such as comals, grinders , basic cooking bowls/utensils and censers. This was mostly done in plain orangeware and some were colored red and black.
Talavera de la Reina pottery is a traditional type of faience, or tin-glazed earthenware made in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo . The area has a long history of pottery , and dishes, jars, ceramics and other objects have been found in recent archaeological excavations.
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An alternative explanation of the name is that it comes from the Spanish term obra de Málaga, denoting "[imported] wares from Málaga", [3] or obra de mélequa, the Spanish name for lustre. [ 4 ] In the 15th century, the term maiolica referred solely to lustreware , including both Italian-made and Spanish imports, and tin-glaze wares were ...