Majolica

[mә'dʒɒlikә]

(noun.) highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide.

Typed by Camilla--From WordNet

(n.) A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.

Checker: Vivian

n. name applied to decorative enamelled pottery esp. that of Italy from the 15th to the 17th cent.: a modern ware in imitation used for vases &c.

Checker: Salvatore