Object
Italian Art Pottery
Majolica colour, from Urbino outward
Majolica is the Italian contribution: tin-glazed earthenware painted with figurative and grotesque decoration, made from the fifteenth century onward and never really stopped.
What to look for
A tin glaze with fine crazing, painted decoration under the glaze, and a maker's mark on the base.
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