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Other possibly important manufactures includefaience, glass and metalwork, although the scale of local manufacture of the two last remains uncertain.
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Significantly more porous and malleable than glass proper,faiencecould be shaped by hand or cast in molds to create vessels or other objects.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Limoges had also been the site of a minor industry producing plainfaienceearthenwares since the 1730s.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thefaiencewas hidden in kegs and hay to cross the frontier.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He soon diversified with a brickyard (1752) and a pottery specializing infaience(1755) at the same site.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Constructed on reclaimed land, it included a lime plant, a tile works and afaiencefactory as well as a main building and gate houses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Amulets of gold,faience, and carnelian first appeared in various shapes to protect different parts of the body.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In general, frits, glasses andfaienceare similar materials: they are all silica-based but have different concentrations of alkali, copper and lime.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Such close relationship is reflected in the prominent similarity of the formulations offaienceglaze and contemporary glass compositions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Faenza, which gave its name tofaience, was the only fair-sized city in which the ceramic industry became a major economic component.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Grave goods includefaiencebeads, cattle skulls, and pottery.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Library collections also gathered numerous collections of art: a rich collection of militaria, miniatures, porcelain,faienceand glass, natural collections, research tools etc.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The figurines are made offaience, a technique for glazing earthenware and other ceramic vessels by using a quartz paste.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other blues in the mask are made of turquoise, glass andfaience.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Egyptian blue was used to paint wood, papyrus and canvas, and was used to colour a glaze to makefaiencebeads, inlays, and pots.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Elsewhere, the exterior is faced in whitefaience, which has now been painted white and blue.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Often incorrectly labeled as a form of ceramic despite containing the major elemental components of glass,faienceis frequently discussed in surveys of ancient pottery.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One of the first variations to take hold was to color thefaiencebeads by adding metallic salts.
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