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 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
Some were made of a glazed ceramic called faience, like this one.
From National Geographic • Nov. 24, 2015
Egyptian objects in faience became a common import into Greek cities, such as those of Rhodes, and to a less degree in Sardinia and southern Italy, through the commercial medium of the Phoenicians.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
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