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
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
By the close of this period a manufactory of fine faience was attached to the palace of Cnossus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
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