a type of porous pottery glazed with bright metallic oxides that was originally imported into Italy via Majorca and was extensively made in Italy during the Renaissance
Word origin
C16: from Italian, from Late Latin Mājorica Majorca
Examples of 'maiolica' in a sentence
maiolica
He worked in slipware, maiolica and tin-glaze and employed a wide range of decorativetechniques.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Under his tutelage she became a proficient maker of maiolica models, parrots and birds of prey in particular.