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Faenza maiolica 26 pottery ) , a variety of which , faïence , takes its name from the town . Examples of ceramics of ... faience , the French term for tin - glazed earthenware . Faereyinga saga , 11th - century Norse saga . kings ' saga ...
Faenza maiolica 26 pottery ) , a variety of which , faïence , takes its name from the town . Examples of ceramics of ... faience , the French term for tin - glazed earthenware . Faereyinga saga , 11th - century Norse saga . kings ' saga ...
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... Faience originally was produced in Moorish Spain and in 15th century Italy ; in fact , the French term " faience " probably is derived from Faenza , a Renaissance Italian centre of maiolica production . Until the late 17th cen- tury tin ...
... Faience originally was produced in Moorish Spain and in 15th century Italy ; in fact , the French term " faience " probably is derived from Faenza , a Renaissance Italian centre of maiolica production . Until the late 17th cen- tury tin ...
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... faience patriotique covered the total range of Revolutionary imagery . Lively , naïve , and colourful ceramic pictures proliferated - the Gallic cock , the Phrygian cap , ploughs and oak trees , draped flags , and the Bastille - as did ...
... faience patriotique covered the total range of Revolutionary imagery . Lively , naïve , and colourful ceramic pictures proliferated - the Gallic cock , the Phrygian cap , ploughs and oak trees , draped flags , and the Bastille - as did ...
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