Deruta’s maiolica tradition has survived for centuries through skilled artisans, Renaissance designs and the revival of historic ceramic techniques ...

When Dolce & Gabbana models come strutting down the catwalk, they often wear frocks emblazoned with depictions of Italian culture. This season? Fish from the marketplace. A few years ago? Roman coins.

Local ceramic artist Susan Snyder learned the classic art of maiolica while studying at the center of the craft, the Italian city of Faenza, in 1994. There she learned the traditional techniques, ...

APPRAISER: Okay, first of all, she is Italian, and in Italy, we would call this type of pottery maiolica, which is really similar to faience, so faience is not an incorrect term. She is entirely hand ...

50.7 x 91.5 cm. (20 x 36 in.) ...

Visitors to Goethe’s house on the Frauenplan at Weimar pass through the Maiolica Room, where samples from his collection of Italian tin-glazed pottery are displayed. The Klassik Stiftung Weimar, which ...

Maiolica isn't simply a refined form of pottery – it offers a vivid insight into the aesthetic and material culture of the Renaissance, says Alastair Smart. Fine dining: A plate depicting the birth of ...

Exhibition, 1-18 June 1967. siris_sil_84949 ...

Q: My great-aunt immigrated from Scotland and married a doctor in Montreal. This large plate, with a 43-centimetre diameter, belonged to her and I have grown to love it. It would be nice to put a name ...