Fritware
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Fritware, also known as stone-paste, is a type of pottery in which ground glass is added to clay to reduce its fusion temperature. The mixture may include quartz or other siliceous material. An organi
Chinese porcelain dish (left), 9th century, excavated in Iran, and a fritware dish made in Iran (right), 12th century (British Museum)
Blue and white bowl with radial design, 13th century, Iran (Brooklyn Museum)
Dish with cypress tree decoration, 1570–1575, İznik (Calouste Gulbenkian Museum)
Fritware dish with grape design, Iznik pottery, Turkey, 1550–1570 (British Museum)
Egyptian faience
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Egyptian faience is a sintered-quartz ceramic material from Ancient Egypt. The sintering process covered the material with a true vitreous coating as the quartz underwent vitrification, creating a bri
Fritware
…is used in ceramics. The pottery produced from the manufacture of frit is often called 'fritware' but has also been referred to as "stonepaste" and "faience" among other names. Fritware was innovative because the glaze and the body of the ceramic piece were made of nearly the same materials, allowing them…
Egyptian faience ushabti of Lady Sati. New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII, reign of Amenhotep III, c. 1390–1352 BC. Possibly from Saqqara.
Tile frieze with lotus and grapes
Faience vessel with procession of four bulls, c. 775–653 BCE Brooklyn Museum
Group of 16 amulets strung as a necklace, in the typical bright faience blue, Late Period