Faience
[fai'ɑ:ns]
Definition
(n.) Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color.
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Definition
n. a fine kind of pottery glazed and painted.
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Examples
- He brought me a lovely tropical parrot in faience, of Dresden ware, also a man ploughing, and two mice climbing up a stalk, also in faience. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He never acquired the pure white enamel of Luca della Robbia, nor that of the faience of Nevers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the use of materials the aid of chemists was had in finding the proper ingredients to fuse with sand to produce the best forms of common and fine _Faience_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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