creamware
/ˈkriːmwɛː
/noun [mass noun]
Glazed earthenware pottery of a rich cream colour, developed by Josiah Wedgwood in about 1760.Several objects have been attributed to him and have been cited as the earliest known examples of English refined white earthenware, or creamware....
- In 1787 the count hired Pierre Cloostermans, a Flemish ceramic painter living in Paris, to continue making creamware and to develop a formula for hard-paste porcelain.
- In contrast to tortoiseshell and color-glazed wares, the pale surface of creamware proved a perfect canvas for overglaze pictorial decoration, particularly on coffee- and teawares and hollowware forms such as tankards and jugs.
- quarter piece
- quarter-pierced
- quarter pipe
- quarter plate
- quarter-ply
- quarter point
- quarter pole
- quarter post
- quarter-pounder
- quarter-race
- quarter-racer
- quarter-racing
- quarter rack
- quarter-repeater
- quarter-rest
- quarter-road
- quarter-round
- quarter-sack
- quarter-saw
- quarter screw
- quarter seal
- quarter section
- quarter sessions
- quarter-sight
- quarter-sling