A type of decorative ceramic or porcelain ware featuring raised, relief-molded designs, often floral or figurative.
Possibly from Italian or Spanish origins, perhaps related to 'barbola ware,' a late 19th and early 20th-century decorative pottery technique.
Barbola ware became wildly popular in the Victorian era as affordable luxury—people could buy cheap ceramic frames and boxes with fancy raised decorations that looked like expensive carved art.
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