Ceramic - Pottery Dictionary

by Susan Mussi

NAMES and NOTICES

ca: NOMS I INDICACIONS

es: NOMBRES E INDICACIONES

Name: a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, or known. (Webster’s)
Names and notices on tiles can be for houses, hotels; restaurant notices such as Private or No Entrance etc., can be made to be practical and attractive, they are painted using the Majolica Method.

The first six illustrations are designs which have a white background, a border that is part of the tile and different types of letters to give an idea of the possibilities available.
The last six illustrations are all designs specially made to order to suit individual client’s preferences.

Link to Ceramics Bensu for tiles decorated with the Majolica Method

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