Della Robbian.
/ˌdɛlə ˈrɒbɪə/, U.S. /ˈˌdɛlə ˈroʊbiə/ 1. (a) Used attributively to designate the enamelled terra-cotta ware made by Luca Della Robbia and his successors. (b) Any similar ware.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > Italian pottery
Raphael ware1785
Della Robbia1805
majolica1820
maiolica1831
mezza-maiolica1850
terraglia1850
Faenza1856
Castel Durante1857
tondino1885
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > other European
Della Robbia1805
Ansbach1811
Delft blue1815
Rörstrand1862
Nymphenburg1869
1805 P. Beckford Familiar Lett. Italy I. xxxi. 307 Some curious specimens in Terra della Robbia.
1850 Art Jrnl. 1 Oct. 313/2 Many fine specimens of the Della Robbia ware are yet to be found in the Florentine churches.
1878 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 19 May 5/4 A mural tablet in Della Robbia ware.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 589/2 Though Luca was not the inventor of the process [sc. the production of terra-cotta reliefs covered with enamel], yet his genius so improved and extended its application that it is not unnaturally known now as Della Robbia ware.
1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) i. 11 Della Robbia plaques.
2. Printing. The name of a kind of type.
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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > a type
letter1563
type1713
printing type1728
Della Robbia1917
1917 F. S. Henry Printing for School & Shop vi. 79 Mr. Bullen further subdivides roman letters into two groups—Display Types and what he calls Publicity Types. The second includes Cheltenham, Della Robbia, Pabst Oldstyle, and Bewick Roman.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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