stone china

American  

noun

1. hard earthenware containing china stone.

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Etymology

Origin of stone china

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Beer author, journalist and Camra stalwart Roger Protz traces it to the 19th Century, when pale ales challenged porters and stouts in the popularity stakes and transparent glasses replaced stone, china and metal drinking vessels.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2016

The Messrs. Davenport of Longport made great improvements in the manufacture of earthenware; they were celebrated especially for their stone china.

From The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by Chaffers, William

Little stone china dishes come expressly for this mode of serving eggs.

From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Parloa, Maria

The ware itself was made on a potter's wheel often from the commonplace kinds of clay, such as are employed in making stone china; sometimes this was brown, sometimes gray, sometimes cream-colored.

From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware

And here was she eating off a stone china plate thick enough for a table top, with a steel knife and fork and a spoon with the silver worn off the bowl.

From Exit Betty by Hill, Grace Livingston