ˈräkiŋˌham, -ŋəm noun
or rockingham ware
Usage: usually capitalized R
Etymology: after Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham died 1782 English statesman on whose estate at Swinton, England, it was originally made
: a usually buff or white earthenware with an often spattered brown glaze ; also : an ornately decorated and gilded 19th century bone chinaware from the same source