{"id":1254,"date":"2016-01-26T02:22:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T02:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madelena.com\/blog\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2021-09-24T12:13:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T11:13:34","slug":"victorian-majolica-maiolica-quiz-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madelena.com\/blog\/victorian-majolica-maiolica-quiz-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Majolica? Maiolica? Victorian Majolica Maiolica – Quiz Questions, Answers, Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Which is it? What is it? Majolica? Maiolica? Victorian Majolica?<\/h1>\n

MAIOLICA MAJOLICA<\/h1>\n

\u201cThese two words have been used interchangeably and still are.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Online Search Engines<\/h2>\n

Present day dictionary compilers and online search engines\u2019 primary definitions treat\u00a0‘maiolica’ and ‘majolica’\u00a0as interchangeable. Fans of tin glazed maiolica (with an ‘i’) and fans\u00a0of\u00a0lead glazed\u00a0majolica (with a ‘j’)\u00a0 both\u00a0feel this is overdue for correction. We can see they are different. We know they\u00a0are different. Do they not deserve one clear sense each?<\/p>\n

\"'Clever'<\/a>
‘Clever’ website searches for MAIOLICA books and finds all our books on Victorian Majolica!<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Above, a \u2018clever\u2019 website looks for Amazon books on a particular subject. The subject search is for \u2018maiolica\u2019. Unfortunately the built-in online dictionary defines maiolica as majolica so Victorian lead-glaze majolica is what it references!<\/p>\n

Auctioneers<\/b><\/i><\/u><\/h2>\n

\"1859<\/h2>\n

Christies’ 1859 auction of MAJOLICA WARE (picture to the left) turns out to be entirely of tin-glaze Italian maiolica.<\/p>\n

At this time both in England and in the\u00a0US the word ‘majolica’ was the word normally used for tin-glaze Italian maiolica.<\/p>\n

Dictionary Compilers<\/h2>\n
\"OED
OED on line edition 2012, Majolica n. definition 3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even the Oxford English Dictionary definition muddles the two products.<\/p>\n

3. Majolica n.\u00a0\u00a0A type of 19th-century earthenware with coloured decoration on an opaque white tin (or sometimes lead) glaze, of vaguely Renaissance inspiration\u2026 introduced by Minton in 1851…<\/p>\n

Delete “or sometimes lead” and delete “typically used for large decorative items, tableware, tiles and figures” to arrive at a good definition of Minton’s rare\u00a0tin-glaze ‘English majolica’ product about which most people have never heard.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Majolica n.\u00a0\u00a0A type of 19th-century earthenware with coloured decoration on an opaque white tin glaze, of vaguely Renaissance inspiration; (also) the technique of painting on to unfired opaque white glaze\u2026 introduced by Minton in 1851…<\/span><\/p>\n

So where is the\u00a0definition of our<\/em> majolica, the sensational world-renowned majolica of coloured lead glazes?<\/h2>\n
\"Minton<\/a>
Minton majolica jardini\u00e8re and stand circa 1861, coloured lead glazes applied directly to the biscuit, shape first introduced at the 1851 Exhibition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Minton factory called it ‘Palissy’ ware. It was this<\/em> product, not the tin-glazed ‘majolica’ in imitation of Italian maiolica that was “typically used for large decorative items, tableware, tiles and figures”?<\/span><\/p>\n

The world would appreciate more clarity in the way the word ‘majolica, n.’ is used.<\/p>\n

It might be helpful, for example, to<\/p>\n