The plural form of faience; multiple pieces of colorful glazed earthenware or decorated pottery.
Simple plural of faience, formed by adding -s to the singular noun form.
Museums often display faiences together because collectors in the 1800s became obsessed with assembling complete sets of these brightly colored pieces—they were like the fancy decorative items of the Renaissance!
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