Tin-glazed earthenware made in France, Germany, Spain, and Scandinavia, similar to Faenza majolica, for which it was named. The term is also applied to glazed earthenware made in ancient Egypt, where it was used for beads, amulets, jewelry, and small animal and human figures, most notably the blue-glazed hippopotamus figures of the Middle Kingdom ( 2000- 1670 BC). Faience tiles, first made in the early dynasties, were used to decorate the walls of the subterranean chambers of the pyramids. In the New Kingdom ( 1550- 1070 BC), polychrome tiles with floral designs were used in houses and palaces
ceramic material made from crushed quartz and coated with a blue or green glaze, used for jewelry and decorative objects
- a porous earthenware glazed with a white tin oxide (stanniferous); originally a porcelain substitute first made in Faenza, Italy
originally a type of French- made pottery The term is used today to refer to a fine glazed earthenware usually bearing highly colorful decoration
A non-clay ceramic substance composed of crushed quartz, lime and alkali Combined with water it can be hand moulded or pressed into a mould Upon heating, a reflective, vitreous glaze forms on the surface Faience was frequently utilised for amulets, jewellery and decorative architectural elements (such as tiles)
Originally a type of French-made pottery The term is used today to refer to a fine glazed earthenware usually bearing highly colourful decoration
Tin glazed European earthenware, usually from France Quimper and Desvres are good examples of faience Example
a powdered quartz paste, which is modeled or molded and fired; it is either self-glazed or made with applied glaze
An early form of glass made by firing a mixture of sand, lime and soda until it fuses and used to make beads Typically of a blue-green appearance Originated in the Middle East
a generic name applicable to glazed ceramic although not in common use It is often credited as being a derivative of 'Faenza', the name of a town near Bologna in Italy where polychrome glazes were developed Some make equal claim for Fayence, France (Faience is used to describe French decorative glazed pottery)
A fired silica body containing very small amounts of clay and/or alkali, and varying greatly in hardness depending on the degree of sintering It is covered with a glaze, which may or may not occur interstitially to the silica grains of the body The term glassy faience is often used to describe a faience in which the degree of melting has proceeded to such an extent that the glass phase defines the visual appearance of the material
(from French, after the Italian town of Faenza) Glazed ceramics, often blue or green
Earthenware covered with a lead-tin glaze A French term for earthenware derived from the Italian pottery center of Faenza, which during the Renaissance produced this ware partially in imitation of Spanish majolica ware
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() From French faïence, named after the city Faenza in Italy, where it was made in the 16th century.