Have you checked out the Flint Faience tile "Tree of Life" in the history gallery?! Flint Faience was a short-lived tile company born from a partnership between AC Spark Plug and ceramic tile artist named Carl Bergmans, where decorative tiles were created from the same kilns used to produce the ceramic insulators for the spark plugs. How cool is that? Check it out in the history gallery during your next visit; they are even more stunning in person! #somethingcool #flintfaiencetile #treeoflife |

I've long admired this intricately carved faience ring at the Metropolitan Museum of Art- it's the perfect melding of some of my favorite things, including, of course, kitties! Though it may look like turquoise, it is carved out of faience, a type of glazed ceramic, which was incredibly popular in the ancient Egyptian world. Probably made for ceremonial purposes, it's thought to represent the myth of the "Faraway Goddess." As I discussed in my podcast episode about the history of turquoise, it w

Phoenicia