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1	Tin-Glazed Earthenware: From Maiolica, Faience, and Delftware to the Contemporary more books like this by Daphne Carnegy add to wishlist This book traces the history of tin glazing from early Mesopotamia through the Islamic world to Spain and then on to Italy (maiolica), France (faience), the Netherlands (delftware) and England (lambethware). The author then discusses tin glazing techniques and highlights current use of the medium through the work of well-known tin glazers such as ... see all copies from $5.90! new only from $24.95!
2	Quimper Pottery: A French Folk Art Faience more books like this by Sandra V. Bondhus add to wishlist see all copies from $19.10! signed copies
3	Gifts of the Nile: Faience from Ancient Egypt more books like this by Florence Friedman (Editor), Deborah E Klimburg-Salter add to wishlist Created from common materials, but possessing the majesty of gold and semi-precious gems, the ceramic now known as faience was used by the ancient Egyptians for a variety of luxury objects. Dolls were fashioned from it, as were baby feeders docorated to magically protect mother and child. Faience could be shaped into mummy masks, amulets, chalices ... see all copies from $19.99! new only from $34.40! \| first editions
4	Gifts of the Nile : ancient Egyptian faience more books like this by Florence D Friedman, Georgina Borromeo, Mimi Leveque add to wishlist see all copies from $16.95! new only from $25.28! \| first editions
5	Quimper Pottery more books like this by Ann M O'Neill add to wishlist see all copies from $2.52! new only from $9.00! \| first editions
6	Quest for Quimper more books like this by Barbara Walker, Philip Hopper add to wishlist Join the journey from the flea markets of Paris to the city of Quimper to find hundreds of examples of beautiful Quimper pottery, some of it quite unique and rare. Learnthe history, art, and spirit of the Breton people. More than 800 photographs cover the region and the pottery. Alphabetically-ordered pieces are presented in photos and text, with ... see all copies from $46.04! new only from $69.95!
7	French Faience more books like this by Arthur Lane add to wishlist see all copies from $14.00! signed copies \| first editions
8	Faience Designs more books like this by Frances M Bradbury add to wishlist This book covers tin-enamelling designs, including scrollwork, lace patterns, vases of flowers, Chinese motifs, and other Baroque and Rococo decorations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.08! \| SVS
9	Delftware Tiles more books like this by Hans Van Lemmen add to wishlist Italian potters brought the art of making tin-glazed tiles to the Low Countries in the early sixteenth century. Native potters copied the technique and in the seventeenth century they began to manufacture the distinctive blue and white Dutch tiles. Huge quantities were produced during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, first in the ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $48.04! \| first editions
10	Quimper Pottery more books like this by Adela Meadows add to wishlist Quimper faience pottery has been produced by three primary factories in the French town of Quimper (pronounced Kem-pair), and this book explains, compares and contrasts the factories and their products. The colorful and charming decorations on French Quimper pottery have made it a popular ware for over 300 years. Collected in North America and ... see all copies from $40.00! new only from $49.95! \| first editions
11	Production Technology of Faience and Related Early Vitreous Materials more books like this by A J Shortland, M S Tite add to wishlist The aim of this monograph is to bring together in a single volume the results of many years of research into production technology of early vitreous materials. The vitreous materials considered are glazed steatite, faience, Egyptian blue and green frits, and glazed pottery and bricks from Egypt, the Near East, the Indus Valley and Europe spanning ... see all copies from $72.80! new only from $72.80!
12	Collecting Quimper: Quimper Collections more books like this by Joan Datesman add to wishlist see all copies from $18.88! signed copies \| first editions
13	Aegean Faience of the Bronze Age more books like this by Karen Polinger Foster add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! first editions \| SVS
14	French Faience: Fantaisie Et Populaire of the 19th and 20th Centuries more books like this by Millicent S Mali add to wishlist see all copies from $10.50! signed copies
15	Gurgan Faiences more books like this by Mehdi Bahrami add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $46.35!
16	Faïences françaises : XVIe-XVIIIe siècles : [exposition], Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 6 juin 1980-25 août 1980. more books like this by Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France) add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00! first editions
17	Les faïences de Quimper more books like this by Bernard Jules Verlingue, Edith Mannoni add to wishlist see all copies from $25.30! new only from $66.25!
18	Grueby Pottery: A New England Arts and Crafts Venture: The William Curry Collection: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College more books like this add to wishlist see all copies from $169.00! new only from $555.28!
19	Deutsche Fayencen more books like this by Lydia L. Dewiel add to wishlist see all copies from $34.25!
20	Egyptian Faience and Glass more books like this by Paul T Nicholson add to wishlist Egyptian faience is a hallmark of ancient Egypt culture and is probably known to everyone who has visited the Egyptian gallery of a museum. This book examines the technology of making this vitreous material and outlines its long history, which stretches from early Predynastic times to the end of the pharonic Egypt and beyond. The range of uses ... see all copies from $23.17!
21	Les faïences du Midi et du Sud-Ouest de la France more books like this by Solange de Plas add to wishlist see all copies from $28.75!
22	Les faïences : Savoie, Lyonnais, Dauphiné more books like this by Christian Constantin, Guy Costaz add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00! new only from $66.25! \| first editions
23	Faience Et Porcelaine de Paris Xviiie-Xixe Siecles more books like this by Regine De Plinval De Guillebon add to wishlist see all copies from $483.25! new only from $483.25!
24	Les barbotines more books like this by Pierre Faveton add to wishlist see all copies from $66.25! new only from $66.25!
25	Les faïences révolutionnaires more books like this by Edith Mannoni add to wishlist see all copies from $66.25! new only from $66.25!

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