| 单词 | tortoiseshell ware |
| 释义 | > as lemmastortoiseshell ware tortoiseshell ware n. a fine kind of pottery coloured with oxide of copper and manganese. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > pottery of specific colour white ware1577 yellow ware1764 pearl white1779 cream-ware1780 Egyptian black1784 greyware1793 agateware1817 pearl pottery1825 brown ware1836 pearlware1842 black pot1851 cane colour1866 tortoiseshell ware1879 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator I. 367 During the reigns of Anne and George I, an improved ware was made of sand and pipe~clay, coloured with oxide of copper and manganese, forming the well-known ‘agate-ware’ and ‘tortoiseshell-ware’. 1975 Country Life 9 Oct. 898/2 (caption) 19th-century teapot similar to Whieldon's tortoiseshell ware. < as lemmas |
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