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                                   EXHIBIT 23

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors Ferro Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (File
Nos. 2-61407, 33-28520, and 33-45582) on Form S-8 and in the Registration
Statements (File Nos. 33-51284 and 33-63855) on Form S-3 of Ferro Corporation of
our report dated January 23, 2001 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Ferro Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the
related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, which
report appears in the December 31, 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Ferro
Corporation.

/s/ KPMG LLP
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KPMG LLP
Cleveland, Ohio
March 27, 2001