Faience - Tin glazed European earthenware, usually from France. Quimper and Desvres are good examples of faience.

Feathering - Effect obtained by trailing a feather through wet slip decoration.

Feldspar - (Also called felspar). A crystalline substance found in granite.

Fettle - The removal of unwanted blemishes, seams and flash from nearly dry pots prior to glazing and firing.

Faience - Tin glazed Euuimper and Desvres are good examples of faience.

Fire To heat a pots in a kiln to a specific temperature for a specific time.

Faience - Tin glazed Euuimper and Desvres are good examples of faience.

Firing Range - The temperatures between which a clay or glaze matures or fuses.

Flamb - A flame-like effect produced by a reduced copper oxide glaze.

Flatware - Plates, saucers, trays, etc.

Flint - Calcined and powdered silica. Used in earthenware bodies.

Fluting - Grooves cut into the clay in parallel lines running in any direction.

Flux - A substance mixed with a body or glaze to promote fusion. It effectively lowers the melting point.

Foot - The base of a pot.

Frit - A vitreous composition used in glazes and enamels.

Fusibility - The ability of a material to fuse or melt.