Delftware
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Delftware or Delft pottery, also known as Delft Blue or as delf, is a general term now used for Dutch tin-glazed earthenware, a form of faience. Most of it is blue and white pottery, and the city of D
Vase in a Japanese style, c. 1680, Delft
Window display of Delftware in the market place, Delft
"Armorial Dish" (wapenbord) by Willem Jansz. Verstraeten, c. 1645–1655, Haarlem
18th century Delftware, the plate at left with a Japanese scene
Faience
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Faience or faïence is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the s
Delftware
…or Delft pottery, also known as Delft Blue (Dutch: Delfts blauw) or as delf, is a general term now used for Dutch tin-glazed earthenware, a form of faience. Most of it is blue and white pottery, and the city of Delft in the Netherlands was the major centre of production, but the term covers wares with other…
Modern bowl in a traditional pattern, made in Faenza, Italy, which gave its name to the type
Sophisticated Rococo Niderviller faience, by a French factory that also made porcelain, 1760–65
Hispano-Moresque ware dish from Manises, 15th century, the earliest type of European faience
Rococo tureen, Marseille, c. 1770