Queensware

/ 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

Example Sentences

The grayish blue related to her great-grandmother’s Wedgwood Queensware plates, which are grayish lavender and used for special occasions.

From Washington Post

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 Project Gutenberg

Put it with the corrosive sublimate into a white or queensware vessel having a close cover, and holding a pint, to allow for swelling.

From Project Gutenberg

Put them into broad stone or queensware pots, and tie them up with brandy-paper.

From Project Gutenberg

Such things were listed as "one clock and case, one mahogany dining table and eight chairs, one spinnett, one large looking glass, four small ones, one dressing table, one desk and drawers, five beds with all their furniture and linen belonging to them and bedsteads, two Franklin stoves, one riding chair and harness, sundry china and Queensware, eight decanters, 75 pounds of pewter, sundry silver furniture, to wit, two cream pots, five tablespoons, six teaspoons, two soup laddles, one tankard, and also one Negro woman and her child named Jude."

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