faience

IPA: fɛʌns

A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.
(archaeology) Beads or small ornaments made from frit, from the eastern Mediterranean of the Bronze and Iron Ages.

Examples of "faience" in Sentences

While in a brocante in France, I inquired about the origin of a faience plate.
I have learned since, as she knew all the time, -- that 'faience' is used as a generic term!
Mr Shar told Dawn that remains of a 'faience' mirror factory had been found at the project's second block.
The interior of the dome was decorated with mosaic, faience and marble, all commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent.
Frog Amulet, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reigns of Ay and Horemheb, ca. 1324-1293 B.C.; purple-glazed faience with brown eyes.
Note the favourite props that reappeared often, such as the colourful clothes, exquisitely embroidered green silk fabric and ornate faience tiles.
But I would make do with a lovely blue Egyptian blue faience shabti (figures buried with the dead for company in the next world) from 332-330 B.C. (estimate: €600-€800).
Egyptian artefacts such as faience are found in Mycenaean excavations, and Mycenean-style pottery is found in Akhenaten’s city of Amarna in Egypt, indicating trading and/or diplomatic links between Mycenae and Akhenaten’s Egypt.
I've never heard of any faience factories in Italy dating back to 7,000 BCE - hell, not even in Egypt dating back that far, so I'll be interested to learn more about what he's talking about - if any further information is published.