SAINT-PORCHAIRE FAÏENCE


Meaning of SAINT-PORCHAIRE FAÏENCE in English

|saⁿˌpȯr|sha(a)(ə)r- noun

Usage: usually capitalized S&P

Etymology: from St.-Porchaire, town in western France

: a ware of pale buff clay inlaid with elaborate patterns in a darker color made at St.-Porchaire, France in the 16th century — called also Henri Deux faïence, faïence d'Oiron

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