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• ironstone china — ▪ pottery       type of stoneware introduced in England early in the 19th century by Staffordshire potters who sought to develop a porcelain substitute that could be mass produced. The result of their experiments was a dense, hard, durable… …   Universalium

• ironstone china — noun : a hard white stoneware pottery developed in England during the 18th century as a cheaper substitute for bone china and originally highly decorated but used most extensively as plain white inexpensive tableware throughout much of the 19th… …   Useful english dictionary

• stone china — noun Date: 1823 a hard dense opaque feldspathic pottery developed in England; broadly ironstone china …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• vitreous china — noun : a hard fired ceramic ware that has a dense, vitrified, but opaque body and is used especially for plumbing fixtures …   Useful english dictionary

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• enamelwork — e·nam·el·work (ĭ nămʹəl wûrk ) n. 1. Decorative work done in enamel. 2. Enamelware. * * * Metal objects decorated with an opaque glaze fused to the surface by intense heat. The resulting surface is hard and durable and can be brilliantly… …   Universalium

• glassware — /glas wair , glahs /, n. articles of glass, esp. drinking glasses. [1705 15; GLASS + WARE1] * * * Introduction       any decorative article made of glass, often designed for everyday use. From very early times glass has been used for various… …   Universalium