Majolica

Majolica. Brightly colored, hard-wearing, inexpensive ceramic wares that were both useful and decorative, often naturalistic style. This type of majolica was introduced to the public at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, later widely copied and mass-produced.

From mid- to late 19th century was majolica made by a process of painting and then firing ceramic wares whereby colured lead silicate glazes were applied directly to an article, then fired.