faience.
A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.
Meaning & usage
A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.
Beads or small ornaments made from frit, from the eastern Mediterranean of the Bronze and Iron Ages.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Italian Faenzabor. French faïencebor. English faience Borrowed from French faïence, named after the city of Faenza, Italy, where it was made in the 16th century.
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