Maiolica is more than pottery—it is painting, chemistry, trade history, and Renaissance culture fused into clay. Flourishing in fifteenth-century Italy, maiolica is a tin-glazed earthenware tradition that transformed everyday objects into works of fine art. After clay forms were fired, they were dipped into an absorbent white tin glaze, creating a luminous surface that allowed pigments to sit vividly on top, much like paint on canvas. These surfaces were then hand-painted with brilliant mineral-