How to pronounce“faience”in English
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Definitions of “faience”
A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.
“The smile, you see, is perfect—wonderful / As mere Faience! a table ornament / To suit the richest mounting.”
Beads or small ornaments made from frit, from the eastern Mediterranean of the Bronze and Iron Ages.
“Beneath these booths were spread their goods; silks from Cos, bronze weapons and copper rods, or ingots from the rich mines of Cyprus, linens and muslins from Egypt; beads, idols, carven bowls, knives, glass ware, pottery in all shapes, and charms made of glazed faience or Egyptian stone; […].”