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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 126 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FAIENCE , properly the See also:

French See also:

TERM

term for the porzellana di See also:

FAENZA (anc. Faventia)

Faenza, a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of glazed and painted earthenware made at Faenza in See also:

Italy, hence a term applied generally to all kinds of pottery other than unglazed pottery or See also:

PORCELAIN

porcelain . It is often particularly applied to the translucent earthenware made in See also:

PERSIA

Persia (see See also:

CERAMICS, or KERAMICS (Gr. KEpapos, earthenware)

CERAMICS) .

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