Swiss Ceramics: Large Majolica Dish From Thun.

Swiss Ceramics: Large Majolica Dish From Thun. Diameter 31 cm Late 19th or early 20th century (around 1870 to 1914). - What is commonly called “Thun majolica” is in reality, contrary to what its name suggests, a terracotta with a polychrome glaze and not majolica, which is a ceramic with a decoration painted on a glaze opacifier made from a mixture of lead and tin. Many manufacturers in the second half of the 19th century wrongly described their lead-glazed polychrome terracottas as "majolica", often painted with historicizing Renaissance decorations. What is commonly called "Thun majolica" is in reality, contrary to what its name suggests, a terracotta with a polychrome glaze and not majolica, which is a ceramic with a decoration painted on an opacifying glaze made of a mixture of lead and tin. Many manufacturers in the second half of the 19th century wrongly described their lead-glazed polychrome terracottas, often painted with historicizing Renaissance decorations, as “majolica”.

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