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                                                                    Exhibit 23


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The 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
Statement (File Nos. 33-51284 and 33-63855) on Form S-3 of Ferro Corporation of
our report dated January 23, 1997 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Ferro Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, 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, 1996, which
report appears in the December 31, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K of Ferro
Corporation.






/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Cleveland, Ohio
March 21, 1997