MAJOLICA  , a name properly applied to a See also:

• SPECIES

species of See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• WARE

ware in which the See also:

• BODY

body is coated with a See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin-See also:

• ENAMEL (formerly " amel," derived through the Fr. amail, emmll, esmail, from a Latin word smaltum, first found in a 9th-century life of Leo IV.)

enamel, on which is laid and fired a painted decoration . It is also applied to similar wares made in See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of the Italian ware in other countries . The word in Italian is majolica . Du Cange (See also:

• GLOSS, GLOSSARY

Gloss. s.v . "Majorica") quotes from a See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle of See also:

• VERONA
• VERONA, CONGRESS OF

Verona of 1368, in which the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form majolica occurs for the more usual Latin form majorica . It has usually been supposed that this type of pottery was first made in the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• MAJORCA (Mallorca)

Majorca, but it is more probable that the name was given by the Italians to the lustred See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish ware imported by See also:

• SHIPS

ships hailing from the Balearic Islands .