pâte tendre

[ French paht tahn-druh ]

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noun

Borrowed into English from French around 1860–65

The glaze is alkaline, and is similar in its general character to that used on pate tendre porcelain.

Mr. Walters, of Baltimore, has in his collection a valuable pate tendre vase dated 1860.

A complete toilet-set of pate tendre is turquoise blue of great richness and transparent depth.

The most highly artistic pieces are in pate tendre, or artificial paste.

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