faience /ˈfaɪ.əns/ noun2 •A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.The smile, you see, is perfect—wonderful / As mere Faience! a table ornament / To suit the richest mounting. — 1871 •Beads or small ornaments made from frit, from the eastern Mediterranean of the Bronze and Iron Ages. formsfaiences · faïences