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Castel Durante
A small town located south-west of Urbino in
the Marches region of Italy, Castel Durante (later renamed
Urbania) was one of the most important centers for the production
of Italian tin-glazed earthenware...
Castelli d'Abruzzo
Situated in a mountainous region of east central
Italy, the small town of Castelli d’Abruzzo is known
to have hosted ceramic production since ancient times...
Delft
Second only to Faenza for name recognition, the
town of Delft is synonymous with tin-glazed earthenware produced
in the Northern European countries of the Netherlands and Great
Britain...
Faenza
The fact that nearly all tin-glazed earthenware
produced outside of Italy (where it is called maiolica) is
known generically as faïence is a testament to the central
role played by Faenza in the development and diffusion of these
wares throughout Europe...
Milan
The 18th century witnessed the rise of Milan
as an important ceramics center, home to some of northern Italy’s
most talented maiolica manufacturers, including Felice Clerici
and Pasquale Rubati...
Montelupo
The history of maiolica production in Montelupo Fiorentino is linked directly to the fortunes of the town’s main benefactor: Florence...
Pesaro
Due to its proximity to Urbino, Pesaro has long
been overlooked as a maiolica center, but recent research has
suggested that the coastal town was home to a number of influential
workshops and played a significant role in the development
of Italian ceramics from at least the 1400s...
Savona
Along with Venice, Liguria was the most active
maiolica center in 17th century Italy. The Ligurian school
included the work of craftsmen based in Genoa, Albenga, and
other towns, but was dominated by the artisans of Albisola
and Savona...
Siena
Siena was home to one of the
first ceramic industries in Italy. Although
relatively few Sienese wares have survived,
maiolica workshops are known to have been established
there as early as the 13th century, and for
a time, the town’s workshops provided
serious competition for the ateliers of better-known
centers like Florence and Faenza...
Turin
The history of ceramic production in the city of Turin,
located in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy,
dates from at least the 1500s, but the center enjoyed its moment
of greatest success during the 18th century...
Urbino
With the exception of Faenza,
Urbino is the town most commonly associated
with Italian Renaissance maiolica, mainly because
of its role in the development of the celebrated
pictorial narrative style known as istoriato...
Venice
Despite a lack of local raw materials, Venice was
an important pottery-manufacturing center from as early as the
15th century. Considering the acuity of her citizens in the areas
of trade and commerce, it should come as no surprise that the
ceramic industry in Venice was protected by bills and decrees...
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