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- noun Plural form of
earthenware .
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Examples
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A common decorative technique for clay bodies, associated especially with faience and similar soft-paste earthenwares was underglaze painting.
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The art of making porcelain was one of those in which Europe had been excelled by oriental nations; but for many years past earthenwares have been made in different parts of Europe, so like the oriental, that they have acquired the name of porcelain.
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"Yes, we have now finished with the potteries and earthenwares -- at least for the present, and we shall begin on porcelain, the great art-work of the Chinese."
The Story of Porcelain Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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For a long time, as the early papers assure us, crates of Queen's ware and the coarser brown earthenwares, as well as quantities of stone-china continued to be shipped to America, and advertised for sale.
The Story of Porcelain Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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Holland was turning out its Delft ware; Italy its glazed terra-cotta; and France its Henri Deux and other enameled earthenwares, in the Low
The Story of Porcelain Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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Now C.C. ware (an abbreviation for cream-colored) is one of the cheapest of the white earthenwares.
The Story of Porcelain Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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The term serves to cover those opaque earthenwares which are fired until vitrification or an external glassing results.
The Story of Porcelain Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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Della Robbia earthenwares are so fresh and beautiful and so decorative that even in Luca's time there were immediately in great request.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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