1705–15; < French, originally pottery of Faenza, city in northern Italy
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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
The jewelry maker Arline Fisch’s fellowship in Denmark inspired her to drape Egyptian faience beads from a silver filigree jellyfish.
From New York Times • May 31, 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
The name of Delft is most intimately associated with the manufacture of the beautiful faience pottery for which it was once famous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
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