"Majolica" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... with only a few statistical notes to help him narrated in lively and amusing fashion his experiences as owner of a farm, the management of which he has been personally supervising since 1898. The farm is part of the Cadinen Estate, bequeathed to him by an admirer and universally known for the majolica ware made out of the clay found on the property. The Emperor was able to show that he had achieved remarkable success with his farm, and particularly with a fine species of bull, Bos indicus major, he maintained on it. A year or two before, ...
— William of Germany • Stanley Shaw
... Jack says 'pottery' means all those together, and 'porcelain,' 'majolica,' and other names like that are names of different kinds ...
— St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 • Various
... upper right-hand corner. In front, on the left, a little way from the wall, a sofa. Further back than the glass door, a piano. On either side of the doorway at the back a whatnot with terra-cotta and majolica ornaments.— Against the back wall of the inner room a sofa, with a table, and one or two chairs. Over the sofa hangs the portrait of a handsome elderly man in a General's uniform. Over the table a hanging lamp, with an opal glass shade.—A number ...
— Hedda Gabler - Play In Four Acts • Henrik Ibsen |
