faience

American  

[fahy-ahns, fey-, fa-yahns] / faɪˈɑns, feɪ-, faˈyɑ̃s /

Or faïence

noun

1. glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.

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faïence British  

/ feɪ-, faɪˈɑːns /

noun

1. 1. tin-glazed earthenware, usually that of French, German, Italian, or Scandinavian origin

   2. ( as modifier )

      a faïence cup

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Etymology

Origin of faience

1705–15; < French, originally pottery of Faenza, city in northern Italy

Example Sentences

The site contains a large number of ovens and kilns for making glass and faience, along with the debris of thousands of statues, said Betsy Bryan, a specialist of Amenhotep III’s reign.

From Reuters • Apr. 8, 2021

There was the Tashkent metro, 22 miles long, with majestic stations — several hung with three-tiered chandeliers — including one tiled in futuristic blue faience, dedicated exclusively to space exploration.

From New York Times • May 11, 2020

The board, which was discovered in Egypt early in the nineteenth century, occupies the back of a carved hippopotamus, its hollows set amid inlaid glass on blue faience.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 26, 2019

Constructed in the early centuries of the first millennium, this ceremonial noisemaker is coated in brilliant blue faience, which retains its otherworldly gloss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2018

Here too were found the repositories of an early shrine containing exquisite faience figures and reliefs, including a snake goddess—another aspect of the native divinity—and her votaries.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various