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page 1Italian pottery

maiolica
thumb|Istoriato decoration on a plate from Castel Durante, 1550–1570 ([[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille)]]

albarello
thumb|Blue and white albarello adorned with the traditional colors of Chinese Porcelain and decorated with designs derived from Kufic script, a style of Arabic script. Manufactured in Tuscany, Italy in the second half of the 15th century.
An albarello (a name of Italian descent, plural: albarelli) is also known as a "maiolica drug jar" because of the type of tin glaze used, known as Maiolica (also known as majolica). This cylindrical storage unit is used for a plethora of purposes, most commonly for drug storage in pharmacies as a medicinal jar. The jar was also used for other purposes such as
Caltagirone ceramics
ceramics style made in Italy
Medici porcelain
manufacturers of soft-paste porcelain in Florence, Italy
Maiolica di Laterza
kind of maiolica made in Laterza, Apulia, Italy
Centuripe Class
Class of polychome paintet sicilian pottery
Messapian pottery
type of pottery from 7th century BC
Deruta ceramics