Majolica was introduced at Wedgwood about 1860. Although it derives its name from Italian Renaissance majolica, Victorian majolica is made of earthenware covered with bright, colored glazes, usually transparent, but sometimes opaque.
- Titles Table Centerpiece (Descriptive)
- Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
- Medium lead- and tin-glazed earthenware (majolica)
- Dimensions 13 x 12 in. Diam. (33 x 30.5 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.359.2009
- Work Type centerpiece
- Classification Containers
- On View
- Signature none
- Marks On bottom impressed WEDGWOOD and the three-letter date code OBX for October 1869
- Provenance The Buten Wedgwood Collection, Merion, PA; with the Nassau County Museum System, Sands Point, Long Island, New York (1988-2008); to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art (Iris Buten Newman gift)