creamware

English

Etymology

From cream +‎ -ware.

Noun

creamware (countable and uncountable, plural creamwares)

  1. (ceramics) Cream-coloured earthenware produced chiefly from 1750 to 1820 by the potters of Staffordshire, England
    • 2009, January 10, “Judith Flanders”, in They Broke It‎:
      Its worth was quickly recognized: in 1765, Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, ordered a creamware tea set.
    Synonym: pearlware

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