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Queensware

British  
/ ˈkwiːnzˌwɛə /

noun

  1. a type of light white earthenware with a brilliant glaze developed from creamware by Josiah Wedgwood and named in honour of his patroness, Queen Charlotte

"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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The next day the merchants of Tinkletown—notably the Five and Ten Cent Store and Fisher's Queensware Store—did a thriving business.

From Anderson Crow, Detective by George Barr McCutcheon

Groceries 39 $10,623,400 $272,400 Dry Goods 25 5,853,000 234,000 Boots and Shoes 8 1,184,000 148,000 Drugs 8 1,123,000 140,375 Hardware 9 590,000 65,555 Queensware 6 265,000 44,166 Hats, Furs, &c.

From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Ben Casseday

In 1812, Thomas Haig, a native of Scotland, a Queensware potter, started the Northern Liberties Pottery, and turned out a beautiful quality of red and black earthenware.

From Scotland's Mark on America by George Fraser Black

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