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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 450 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAJOLICA , a name properly applied to a See also:

species of See also:Italian See also:ware in which the See also:body is coated with a See also:tin-See also:enamel, on which is laid and fired a painted decoration. It is also applied to similar wares made in See also:imitation of the Italian ware in other countries. The word in Italian is majolica. Du Cange (See also:Gloss. s.v. "Majorica") quotes from a See also:chronicle of See also:Verona of 1368, in which the See also:form majolica occurs for the more usual Latin form majorica. It has usually been supposed that this type of pottery was first made in the See also:island of See also:Majorca, but it is more probable that the name was given by the Italians to the lustred See also:Spanish ware imported by See also:ships hailing from the Balearic Islands.

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