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In France, tin-glazed earthenware is known as faience. Production
began in southern France near Avignon as early as the 12th to the 13th
century, but it wasn’t until Italian artisans settled in Lyons, Montpellier
and Nimes in the 16th century that the technique took off. These two
examples of faience show influences from two other forms of tin-glazed
earthenware, Dutch delftware in the charger and Italian majolica in the
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The Renaissance Revival saw a return in popularity of Italian majolica, tin-glazed
earthenware. These four examples demonstrate some of the bold colors popular in the Renaissance Revival as well as some common motifs such as the masks and acanthus on the vases and the lotus blossom candle-cups.#974, 977, 1432, 1433