faience
noun
fa·ience
fā-ˈän(t)s 
fī-,
-ˈäⁿs
variants
or faïence
: earthenware decorated with opaque colored glazes
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The necklace was designed as a graduated fringe, according to Hancocks London, and features motifs such as a winged enamel scarab, a large faience scarab and a carved carnelian shell.
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Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
New York City’s Fred F. French Building incorporated all of these details and more through many Mesopotamian details, including colorful bas reliefs and faience depicting winged beasts at the top of the building.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2024
Archaeologists also uncovered necklaces made from carnelian and faience beads – types of semi-precious stones used by the ancient Egyptians – as well as half a bronze ring.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
Weapons used in battle, as well as hunting tools, personal artifacts, and hygiene products like ivory kohl applicators, carnelian and faience beads, scarabs, and protective amulets identified at the site reveal greater insights about the occupant’s daily lives and practices.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2024
Learn About Ceramics in Faenza In the 15th and 16th centuries, the small city of Faenza became famous all over Europe for the production of majolica—so much so that the word faience derives from the name of this city.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
Some of the dome clocks were made using a technique called Longwy enamel (named for the town in France where the technique originated) on faience (a type of ceramic), which involves applying a thick glaze that is then carved in relief.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2023
Rounding out this month’s items are a fine-quality silver spoon, a spelter sculpture and a faience bowl, all from France.
—Jerry L. Dobesh | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2023
Your plates are hand-decorated Quimper faience pottery, made by the Dumaine-Tanquere-Henriot Factory in Brittany, France, and are likely saucers for tea or coffee cups.
—oregonlive, 2 July 2022
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Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
New York City’s Fred F. French Building incorporated all of these details and more through many Mesopotamian details, including colorful bas reliefs and faience depicting winged beasts at the top of the building.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2024
Archaeologists also uncovered necklaces made from carnelian and faience beads – types of semi-precious stones used by the ancient Egyptians – as well as half a bronze ring.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
Weapons used in battle, as well as hunting tools, personal artifacts, and hygiene products like ivory kohl applicators, carnelian and faience beads, scarabs, and protective amulets identified at the site reveal greater insights about the occupant’s daily lives and practices.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2024
Learn About Ceramics in Faenza In the 15th and 16th centuries, the small city of Faenza became famous all over Europe for the production of majolica—so much so that the word faience derives from the name of this city.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
Some of the dome clocks were made using a technique called Longwy enamel (named for the town in France where the technique originated) on faience (a type of ceramic), which involves applying a thick glaze that is then carved in relief.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2023
Rounding out this month’s items are a fine-quality silver spoon, a spelter sculpture and a faience bowl, all from France.
—Jerry L. Dobesh | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2023
Your plates are hand-decorated Quimper faience pottery, made by the Dumaine-Tanquere-Henriot Factory in Brittany, France, and are likely saucers for tea or coffee cups.
—oregonlive, 2 July 2022
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