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Maiolica charger from Faenza, after which faience is named, c. 1555; diameter 43 cm, tin-glazed earthenware Tin-glazed (majolica/maiolica) plate from Faenza, Italy. Tin-glazed pottery is earthenware covered in lead glaze with added tin oxide [1] which is white, shiny and opaque (see tin-glazing for the chemistry); usually this provides a background for brightly painted decoration.
Glaze was made from sand, wine lees, lead compounds, and tin compounds. [9] Tin-glazed earthenware is frequently prone to flaking and somewhat delicate. [10] Analysis of samples of Italian maiolica pottery from the Middle Ages has indicated that tin was not always a component of the glaze, whose chemical composition varied. [11]
Tin-glazing is the process of giving tin-glazed pottery items a ceramic glaze that is white, glossy and opaque, which is normally applied to red or buff earthenware. Tin-glaze is plain lead glaze with a small amount of tin oxide added. [1] The opacity and whiteness of tin glaze encourage its frequent decoration.
English tin-glazed majolica. First shown at the 1851 Exhibition by Minton & Co., Exhibit Number 74. Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. The notes in this article append tin-glazed to the word meaning 'opaque white tin-glaze, painted in enamels', and coloured glazes to the word meaning 'coloured lead glazes, applied direct to the biscuit'.
Tin-glazed Victorian majolica is the rare tin-glazed earthenware made primarily by Mintons [11] from 1848 to circa 1880, typically with flat surfaces, and opaque whitish glaze with brush painted decoration in the style(s) of Italian Renaissance maiolica tin-glazed pottery. Also known as: maiolica; and 'lead or tin' glazed majolica.
Modern bowl in a traditional pattern, made in Faenza, Italy, which gave its name to the type Sophisticated Rococo Niderviller faience, by a French factory that also made porcelain, 1760–65. Faience or faïence (/ f aɪ ˈ ɑː n s, f eɪ ˈ-,-ˈ ɒ̃ s /; French: ⓘ) is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery.
Deruta, a medieval hilltown in Umbria, Italy, is mainly known as a major centre for the production of maiolica (painted tin-glazed earthenware) in the Renaissance and later. Production of pottery is documented in the early Middle Ages , though no surviving pieces can be firmly attributed there before about 1490.
Made in Italy is a merchandise mark indicating that a product is all planned, manufactured and packed in Italy, [1] especially concerning the design, fashion, ...