1) Earthenware 2) French word used in English 3) Highly colored pottery
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Faience or faïence (s or -; lang) is the conventional name in English for fine tin-glazed pottery on a delicate pale buff earthenware body, originally associated with Faenza in northern Italy. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the slip of a lead glaze, was a major advance...
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glazed coloured earthware
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• (n.) Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color.
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Is the name given to french tin-glazed earthenware developed from Italian maiolica.
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tin-glazed earthenware made in France, Germany, Spain, and Scandinavia. It is distinguished from tin-glzed earthenware made in Italy, which is called ... [7 related articles]
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glazed tilework
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Any glazed earthenware, using crushed quartz. Faience was used in ancient Egypt for amulets, tiles, and small statues, although the term itself derives from the Italian city of Faenza, famous for...
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glazed earthenware, usually cream, used as a decorative cladding, particularly in the earlier 20th century, retail, cinema and industrial facades (first manufactured at Faenza in Italy). It is produced by firing twice, first without and then with a glaze.
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Fa`ï·ence' noun [ French, from
Faenza , a town in Italy, the original place of manufacture.] Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color.
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A French term for glazed earthenware such as Quimper.
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Faience is imitation porcelain, a kind of fine pottery, superior to the common pottery in its glazing, beauty of form, and richness of painting, and of which several kinds are distinguished by critics. It derived its name from the town of Faenza, in Italy, where a fine sort of pottery called majolica was manufactured as early as the 14th century. T...
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Tin glazed European earthenware, usually from France. Quimper and Desvres are good examples of faience.
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n] - glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
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The French term for earthenware. Not a word of specific meaning. The word comes originally from the Italian town of Faenza, in the province of Ravenna, which exported large quantities of tin glazed ware to France.
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A glazed material, with a base of either carved soapstone or moulded clay, with an overlay of blue/green colored glass.
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noun glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
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A material made of crushed quartz, lime, plant ash, or natron used to make a variety of objects including amulets and vessels. It is pressed into a mold, covered in glaze, and fired to form a vitreous-like material.
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a material, a bit like clay, made from sand and other materials. It was shaped when soft then coated with a glaze that was often bright blue, although many other colours were used. The material was then fired to make the glaze shiny. It was in very common use, especially for jewellery and small amulets. It was much cheaper to copy semi-precious sto...
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The term for earthenware which is decoratively tin glazed over an opaque white glaze.
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