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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
faience /fʌɪˈɒ̃s, feɪ-, -ˈɑːns/

▶noun glazed ceramic ware, in particular decorated tin-glazed earthenware of the type which includes delftware.

– origin C17 (orig. denoting pottery made at Faenza): from Fr. faïence, from Faïence, the Fr. name for Faenza, a city in Italy.

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