QUEENSWARE

Meaning of QUEENSWARE in English

■ noun fine, cream-coloured Wedgwood pottery.

Origin

C18 (as Queen's ware ): named in honour of Queen Charlotte (wife of George III).

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QUEENSWARE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : glazed English earthenware of a cream color 2. : cream-colored Wedgwood ware
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WEDGWOOD — ˈwejˌwu̇d trademark — used for a pottery (as bone china, jasperware, or queensware)
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PEARL WARE — noun : an improved white variant of queensware introduced by Josiah Wedgwood in 1779
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUEEN'S WARE — a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood. Also, queensware . [ 1760-70 ]
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POTTERY — n. 25B6; noun CHINA, crockery, ceramics. See list. Types of Pottery and Porcelain Arita lustreware barbotine maiolica biscuit (ware) majolica …
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