Majolica

Glazed pottery in general; formerly, and still especially, the historic Italian ware from 15th to 18th century. The color and the glaze were laid on together. The best was IMG:content-1215.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1216.jpg:[graphic] Mainz. league in 13th century; governed by archbishops 1462-1802; taken by Swedes 1631, and by French 1644; held by France 1801-14. Here Gutenberg invented printing ab. 1440. Pop., 1890, 71,395.