maiolicaearthenware with a white tin glaze and coloured decoration which originates from the Italian RenaissanceIt houses the art collection formed by Sir William Holburne which includes silver and Old Master paintings as well as Italian bronzes, maiolica, porcelain, glass, furniture and portrait miniatures. Emphasis is given to the more fragile wares of maiolica and glass which, located in the same domestic spaces, were placed both within and outside these chests. Press release: Native American Anasazi bowls, Delft tiles, Indian shrines Japanese Satsuma ware teapots, English bird whistles, German ' hunting scene'jugs, Spanish zeilij, Italian maiolica plates, Nepalese lamps, Romanian colanders, Danish stoneware teapots, French faience soup bowls, Moroccan tagines, Yemeni water pipes, Balinese roof tiles...the diversity of ceramics is astonishing. Christmas Card Pack - Virgin and Child - Rombaldoni This traditional image is taken from a maiolica plaque made by Ippolito Rombaldoni in Urbania, Marche, Italy; dated AD 1670.