Volume 1
Introduction / Susan Weber
1. 'Low, vulgar, even barbarous' : majolica ; a historical overview / Paul Atterbury
2. Majolica : sources of inspiration / Rebecca Wallis
3. Prince Albert, South Kensington, and the Victorian taste for Renaissance Revival ceramic architectural decoration / Julius Bryant
4. 'The fearful malady of the clay' : working conditions in the nineteenth-century Staffordshire Potteries / Miranda Goodby
5. From teapots to flowerpots : the use of majolica in the Victorian home / Gaye Blake-Roberts and Susan Weber
6. Molding meaning : majolica in a Transatlantic context, from Cole to Haynes, from Ruskin to Eastlake / Jo Briggs
7. Promoting and selling modern majolica : a Victorian phenomenon / Martin P. Levy
8. The waxing and waning of taste for Victorian majolica : a case study / Ben Miller
9. Between marketplace and museum space : Edwin AtLee Barber, the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, and American majolica / Kathleen Eagen Johnson
10. Contemporary ceramics and majolica / Sequoia Miller
Volume 2
11. 'The productions of this firm stand pre-eminent' : The Minton Factory and majolica / Miranda Goodby
12. 'Flower vases in which one might rear an oak' : Minton Majolica at the international exhibitions / Susan Weber
13. The renaissance reimagined : Minton , majolica, and maiolica / Claire Blakey
14. The innovation and artistry of Wedgwood majolica / Gaye Blake-Roberts
15. Wedgwood majolica at the international exhibitions / Susan Weber
16. 'Acquisitions of 'the million'' : Majolica by John Adams & Co. and Adams & Bromley / Laura Microulis and Earl Martin
17. 'Quaint dragon vases... and other choice specimens of the Potter's Art' : Majolica by T.C. Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. / Laura Microulis
18. 'Of a high order of art' : George Jones majolica / Gaye Blake-Roberts
19. Cheerful, colorful, and unpretentious : Majolica by Wardle & Co. / Catherine Arbuthnott and Susan Weber, with Nicholaus Boston
20. 'Pure in taste and elegant in form' : the Worcester Royal Porcelain Company / Catherine Arbuthnott
21. 'Highly finished elegance' : Majolica by W.T. Copeland & Sons / Catherine Arbuthnott
22. 'The Minton of Longton' : Joseph Holdcroft's Sutherland Pottery / Susan Weber, with Nicholaus Boston
23. 'Powerful and unconventional' : majolica by William Brownfield & Son(s) / Catherine Arbuthnott, with Nicholaus Boston
24. Thomas Forester, the 'Potter King' of Longton / Catherine Arbuthnott and Susan Weber
25. 'Strikingly original' : majolica by Shorter & Boulton / Catherine Arbuthnott and Susan Weber
26. 'Something fresh must be constantly introduced' : majolica by Hackney, Kirkham & Co. and S. Fielding & Co. / Catherine Arbuthnott and Susan Weber
27. 'Bright colours, odd shapes, peculiar decorations are things most eagerly sought' : other British majolica manufacturers / Catherine Arbuthnott and Susan Weber
Volume 3
28. 'Here is a great many English people' : the migration of English potters to the United States / Miranda Goodby
29. Majolica at James Carr's New York City pottery / Caroline Hannah
30. Griffen, Smith & Hill Company's Etruscan majolica / Susan Weber
31. 'The colors are rich and often a trifle gaudy' : majolica made in Trenton, New Jersey / Laura Microulis
32. Beauty, utility, good value : majolica made in Baltimore, Maryland / Earl Martin
33. 'Crockery city' majolica : George Morley and the potteries of East Liverpool, Ohio / Laura Microulis
34. 'A man could do very well if he could get a good glaze' : other American majolica manufacturers / Laura Microulis and Susan Weber.