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creamware

British  
/ ˈkriːmˌwɛə /

noun

  1. a type of earthenware with a deep cream body developed about 1720 and widely produced See also Queensware

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge has a delightful 19th-century Portuguese creamware tureen in the shape of a life-size duck that would have graced a table along with other porcelain animals and figurines.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2016

John Howard’s creamware from the same period, invented by the early industrialist Josiah Wedgwood, copies the designs of contemporary silver vessels.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2012

Something for everyone: Wedgwood's revolutionary creamware; English jugs transfer-printed with American heroes and history; the architectural fantasies of previous world's fairs; Dutch, Flemish and French paintings.

From Time Magazine Archive

I would not buy a creamware dinner service for myself," Palmieri explains, "but it's hard to bring the A list to dinner in a party of 12, and this will certainly draw them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Attorney Ronald Palmieri, whose clients include Zsa Zsa Gabor, spent close to $5,000 on a set of 12 Wedgwood creamware dinner plates that he thinks will spice up interest in his dinner parties.

From Time Magazine Archive

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