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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 223377, member: 90&quot;]What makes you think your platter is Faience? The term has used and abused beyond the limits of my tolerance. Below is a link to an article I wrote for my forum that may help clarify the matter.</p><p>Porcelain clay, which contains the mineral Kaolin, when fired in a kiln becomes vitreous. This means that the clay takes on some of the properties of glass. The lure of early porcelain was due to the objects pureness of color and the fact that it did not have to be glazed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/majolica-maiolica-faience-and-delftware-t724.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/majolica-maiolica-faience-and-delftware-t724.html" rel="nofollow">http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/majolica-maiolica-faience-and-delftware-t724.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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