The definitive body of research on Majolica Character Pitchers and bursting with nearly 1,000 color photographs, the book starts with a brief history and discussion of the origin of character pitchers and then is divided into sections by majolica producing countries. Within each country, histories are provided of the known potteries of Majolica ware along with photographs of all known character pitchers produced by such potteries. This book is the culmination of over 100 years of collecting experience and ten years of research and travel on the part of the authors throughout the United States, England, France and the rest of Continental Europe.