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单词 faenza
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Faenzan.

Brit. /fɑːˈɛntsə/, U.S. /fɑˈɛntsə/, /fɑˈɛnzə/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Faenza.
Etymology: < Faenza, the name of a city in northern Italy. Compare faience n.
I. Compounds.
1. As a modifier. Designating pottery made in Faenza, esp. the tin-glazed ceramic ware for which the city became famous in the 16th century. Sometimes more generally: designating other ware similar to this in style or method of manufacture.
ΚΠ
1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 974 They..fashion it almost after the same manner as the Italians do make their Faenza-dishes.
1842 Times 24 May Suppl. 9/2 Lot 81. A cistern of Faenza ware.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 627/2 Faenza plate (tondino), with border in deep ultramarine blues, and central coat of arms in rich orange and red.
1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 214/1 Faenza Ware, a distinctive term given to a fine sort of pottery originally made at Faenza near Bologna, in Italy.
1962 3rd Internat. Art Treasures Exhib. (Victoria & Albert Mus.) 76/1 A Faenza cylindrical drug vase with a band in the centre.
1999 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 6 Nov. (Art section) 8/1 f The beautiful Faenza majolica dish made for Matthias Corvinus Hunyadi, King of Hungary.
II. Simple uses.
2. Pottery made in Faenza, esp. the tin-glazed ceramic ware for which the city became famous in the 16th century. Sometimes more generally: other ware similar to this in style or method of manufacture. Cf. faience n., majolica n. 2. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > Italian pottery
Raphael ware1785
Della Robbia1805
majolica1820
maiolica1831
mezza-maiolica1850
terraglia1850
Faenza1856
Castel Durante1857
tondino1885
1856 Illustr. London News 31 May 602/1 Every Buhl cabinet and ornament of porcelain, from a Watteau group that might have belonged to Augustus the Strong to a cracked piece of Faenza.
1922 Evening World (N.Y.) 28 Nov. 15/5 (advt.) Italian Faenza in bright colors with scenes and figures, lovely pieces which suggest Renaissance Italy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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