the Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo by its Medici owners. In the fifteenth century, Florentine wares spurred the production of maiolica at Arezzo and Siena...

The Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo is a villa situated near the Tuscan town of Barberino di Mugello in the valley of the River Sieve, some 25 kilometres north...

trained in Montelupo Fiorentino went to work in the cities of Faenza and Cafaggiolo, among others. Montelupo’s potters have also been documented in Caltagirone...

pieces have outlines traced in manganese. Body shapes are adapted from maiolica ceramics and silver models; they range from the largest basins and ewers...