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

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French
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term for the porzellana di
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Faenza, a
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fine
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kind of glazed and painted earthenware made at Faenza in
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Italy, hence a term applied generally to all kinds of pottery other than unglazed pottery or
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porcelain . It is often particularly applied to the translucent earthenware made in
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Persia (see
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CERAMICS) .

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