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faience

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faience (fāĕns`, –äns`, fī–) [for Faenza Faenza (fäān`tsä), city (1991 pop. 54,139), in Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy, on the Lamone River.
..... Click the link for more information. , Italy], any of several kinds of pottery, especially earthenware made of coarse clay and covered with an opaque tin-oxide glaze. The term is particularly applied to the ceramic ornaments and figurines of the ancient Egyptians. See also majolica majolica (məjŏl`ĭkə, məyŏl`–) or maiolica
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German faience lobed dish painted with chinoiserie in blue and manganese, Frankfurt am Main, …
(credit: Courtesy of the Victorial and Albert Museum, London)
Tin-glazed earthenware made in France, Germany, Spain, and Scandinavia, similar to Faenza majolica, for which it was named. The term is also applied to glazed earthenware made in ancient Egypt, where it was used for beads, amulets, jewelry, and small animal and human figures, most notably the blue-glazed hippopotamus figures of the Middle Kingdom (c. 2000–c. 1670 BC). Faience tiles, first made in the early dynasties, were used to decorate the walls of the subterranean chambers of the pyramids. In the New Kingdom (c. 1550–c. 1070 BC), polychrome tiles with floral designs were used in houses and palaces.
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The rest of the furniture of this privileged apartment consisted of old cabinets, filled with Chinese porcelain and Japanese vases, Lucca della Robbia faience, and Palissy platters; of old arm-chairs, in which perhaps had sat Henry IV.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Splendid enamels gleamed here and there on carved chests; a boar's head in faience crowned a magnificent dresser, whose two shelves announced that the mistress of the house was the wife or widow of a knight banneret.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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