Worcester china

American  

Trademark.

1. a soft-paste porcelain containing very little clay or none at all, made at Worcester, England, since 1751.

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Worcester china British  

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: Worcester.  porcelain articles made in Worcester (England) from 1751 in a factory that became, in 1862, the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company

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Etymology

Origin of Worcester china

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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Worcester china

The level rays sparkled on the silver and delicate Worcester china of the Doctor's tea equipage, and fell through the open French window into the Doctor's drawing-room.

From Poison Island by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Next morning, the illustrious guest, and his friends, preceded by a band of music, visited the famous Worcester china manufactory of Messrs. Chamberlains; and they demonstrated their approbation of it's beauty, by making considerable purchases.

From The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 by James Harrison

The table, with the Squire's old silver, and fine dark blue and gold Worcester china, and the Captain's picturesque grouping of hothouse flowers and ferns, was a study worthy of a painter of still life.

From Vixen, Volume II. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

He was in a fit of admiration with everything he saw, the antique homeliness of the parlors, the lavender on the window sills, the Worcester china on the table.

From Playing With Fire by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

At breakfast," says Southey, "was a handsome set of Worcester china.

From The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain by Samuel Smiles