In Russia, Maolika flourishing occurred in the 18th century.
Spring-famous production centers Grebenshchikov plant in Moscow, producing products in black and white tones, and workshops from a small village of Gzhel. Gzheli has already used color techniques. The big center of production was the city of Yaroslavl. There were testers for interiors of temples and houses. Many famous artists, Vrubel, Vasnetsov, Picasso and others worked in MAYOLICA technique. Vrubel created using this technique, a large number of vases, portraits, sculptures, tiled stoves were created by his hands.
Maitolika in its composition contains a porous shard drain, the resulting ceramic products have a smooth surface, a bright shine and a small thickness of the walls, can be written both color and transparent glazes are supplemented with relief images.
For the production of Maitolika, the casting technique is used. The material serves or white clay (faience majolica), or red clay (pottery Mayolics), as well as other raw materials: chalk, quartz sand.
As for the origin of the word Maitolik, the name refers to the Balearic Isle of Mallorca, located near the Eastern Coast of Spain, on the sea route from the Spanish city of Valencia to Italy.
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