Antieke juwelen glossarium
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Faience

Tin-glazed earthenware, especially that made in France, Germany, and Scandinavia. Owing to its easily chipped glaze, it is not suitable in general for jewelry, except beads. It is not the same as the ware incorrectly called Egyptian faience.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson