▁ 1 5 5 0 ). ▁ ▁L uster ware ▁was ▁produced ▁ ▁in ▁Mes op ot am ia ▁in ▁the ▁ 9 th ▁century ; ▁the ▁technique ▁soon ▁became ▁popular ▁in ▁Pers ia ▁and ▁Sy ria . ▁L uster ware ▁was ▁later ▁produced ▁in ▁Egypt ▁during ▁the ▁F at im id ▁cal i ph ate ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 0 th - 1 2 th ▁centuries . ▁While ▁some ▁production ▁of ▁l ust re ware ▁ ▁continued ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East , ▁it ▁spread ▁to ▁Europe — first ▁in ▁the ▁His p ano - M ores que ▁w are ▁of ▁Al - And alus , ▁not ably ▁at ▁M ál aga , ▁and ▁then ▁Val encia , ▁then ▁later ▁to ▁Italy , ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁enh ance ▁mai ol ica . ▁ ▁Another ▁innov ation ▁was ▁the ▁alb arel lo , ▁a ▁type ▁of ▁mai ol ica ▁ear then ware ▁jar ▁originally ▁designed ▁to ▁hold ▁ap othe car ies ' ▁o int ments ▁and ▁dry ▁dru gs . ▁The ▁development ▁of ▁this ▁type ▁of ▁ph arm acy ▁jar ▁had ▁its ▁roots ▁in ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁Middle ▁East . ▁Br ought ▁to ▁Italy ▁from ▁Spain , ▁the ▁earliest ▁Italian ▁examples ▁were ▁produced ▁in ▁Florence ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁century . ▁ ▁F rit ware ▁refers ▁to ▁a ▁type ▁of ▁pot tery ▁which ▁was ▁first ▁developed ▁in ▁the ▁Near ▁East , ▁where ▁production ▁is ▁dated ▁to ▁the ▁late ▁first ▁mill en ni um ▁AD ▁through ▁the ▁second ▁mill en ni