maiolica

Noun

majolica (countable and uncountable, plural majolicas)

1. Earthenware decorated with coloured lead silicate glazes applied directly to an unglazed body, a process invented in Victorian England.
   • The Italian Vase [top, left, p.8] is Majolica, […] The Ewer [bottom, middle, p.8] is a Palissy vase.1862, Editorial Staff, Art Journal Catalogue, Exhibited Class XXXV, no.6873, D78., page 8

   Synonyms:

   Palissy ware

2. (originally) Earthenware coated with opaque white tin-glaze, decorated with coloured metal oxide enamel, first created in Renaissance Europe.
   • The Italian pottery, generally known under the names of Majolica, Raffaelle ware, and sometimes by the term of "Umbrian ware," through the production of the fifteenth century […].1857, Joseph Marryat, History of Pottery and Porcelain, Medieval and Modern, page 10