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During the 15th and 16th centuries the handicraft workshops of Faenza in Italy created pottery that was artistically excellent. Faience, the name given to ware made in the region, became renowned for its beauty and perfection in Italy and throughout Europe.
In Italy the term faience describes earthenware covered with a glaze that has been made opaque by adding tin oxide. In Europe, the terms faience, or fayence became adopted and commonly used by makers to describe various other kinds of ceramics.
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 - Dish in faience, Faenza/I, beginning of 17th century
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