About the Online Exhibition

Support for the Majolica Mania website has been generously provided by Joseph Piropato and The Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation with special thanks to Ann Pyne and the Sherrill Foundation.

Website development: Jesse Merandy and Emma Cormack
Graphic design: Laura Grey

Special thanks to BGC MA students Julia Carabatsos, Noah Dubay, Grace Billingslea, and Genny Schiel.

The Educator’s Guide was written, edited, and compiled by Olivia Kalin.

Lesson Authors:
Jordane Birkett (BGC Educator)
Juliana Fagua Arias (BGC Educator)
Jessica Fiore (CUNY Intern)
Nicholas Godoy Lopes (BGC Educator)
Hana Pyzick (CUNY Intern)
Yi Rong (BGC Educator)
Rachael Schwabe (BGC Educator)
Christina Vanech (CUNY Intern)

Assistance on all aspects provided by Carla Repice and Emily Reilly.
Design: Jocelyn Lau
Online Development: Madeline Porsella
Special thanks to Caroline Hannah, Earl Martin, Laura Microulis, Hellyn Teng.

All 3D majolica models were created by Sasha Arden, Rachel and Jonathan Wilf & Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Time-Based Media Conservation, The Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

Homepage header: Minton & Co. Fern and Foxglove Garden Pot and Stand (detail), shape no. 1056, designed ca. 1851; this example 1866. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Joan Stacke Graham Collection. Photo: Bruce White.

Sources & Styles
Homepage button: George Jones. Palissy Vase‚ shape no. 1459, designed ca. 1866–67. Earthenware with majolica glazes. The English Collection. Photo: Bruce White.
Page header: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812–1852), designer; Minton & Co., manufacturer. Pugin Dessert Plate (detail), designed 1849–51; this example 1862. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Joan Stacke Graham Collection. Photo: Bruce White.

Making Majolica
Homepage button: Clay Carriers, ca. 1900. From Cup and Saucer Land, by Malcolm Graham (London: Madgwick, Houlston and Co., Ltd., 1908). Bard Graduate Center Library, New York.
Page header: William Blake (1874–1957). Daisy Bank, Longton, Staffordshire (detail), ca. 1910. Photograph. The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 40/10478.

British Factories
Homepage button: Hugues Protât (born 1816; active 1835–90), designer; Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, manufacturer. Mermaid Clock Vase, pattern no. M1719, shape designed ca. 1871. Earthenware with majolica glazes, metal, glass, and other materials. Aviva and Gerald Leberfeld. Photo: Bruce White.
Page header: Thomas Kirkby (1824–1890), painter, after Silas Rice (1821–1873), designer; Minton & Co., manufacturer. Dish with portrait of Queen Victoria (detail), ca. 1855. Earthenware with majolica glazes painted in enamels. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 3340-1856.

American Factories
Homepage button: Joseph S. Mayer, Arsenal Pottery. Jug, 1882–97. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Rena and Sheldon Rice. Photo: Bruce White.
Page header: Griffen, Smith & Co. “Shell” ware, ca. 1879–90. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Private collection, some ex coll. Dr. Howard Silby. Photo: Bruce White.

Marketing Majolica
Homepage button: Hatch Lithographic Co., New York. Page from Catalogue of Majolica, Etruscan Works, Griffen Smith & Co., Manufacturing Potters, Phoenixville, Penna., before 1884. Printed pamphlet. Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area, Pennsylvania. Photo: Tim Tiebout.
Page header: Robert Dudley, lithographer; Illustrated London News, publisher. Detail of “The Majolica Fountain in the International Exhibition.” Supplement to the Illustrated London News, August 30, 1862. Chromolithograph. Private collection. Photo: Bruce White.

Majolica in the Home
Homepage button: John Adams & Co. or Adams & Bromley. Corn Garden Seat, shape no. 130, ca. 1870s. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Joan Stacke Graham Collection. Photo: Bruce White.
Page header: Left: Possibly made by Adams & Bromley. Oyster plate, ca. 1880. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Middle: Mintons Ltd. Oyster plate, shape no. 1323, design registered 1867; this example 1901. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Right: George Jones & Sons. Oyster plate for J. W. Boteler & Brother, designed ca. 1875. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Joan Stacke Graham Collection. Photo: Bruce White.

Catalogue
Page header: Minton & Co. Passion Flower Garden Pot and Stand (detail), shape no. 586, designed 1855; this example 1881. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020, RCIN 41563.

About the Exhibition
Page header: Thomas Forester advertisement (detail). Colored supplement to the Pottery Gazette, June 1, 1883. The British Library, London, LOU.LD162.

About the Online Exhibition
Page header: George Jones & Sons. Indian Garden Seat (detail), shape no. 3380, design registered 1874. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Joan Stacke Graham Collection. Photo: Bruce White.

Press
Page header: Carlo Marochetti (1805–1867), designer; Minton & Co., manufacturer. Ramshead and Festoon Garden Pot and Stand (detail), shape no. 727, designed ca. 1851; this example 1878. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Joan Stacke Graham Collection. Photo: Bruce White.