creamware

English

Etymology

From cream +‎ -ware.

Noun

creamware (countable and uncountable, plural creamwares)

  1. (ceramics) Cream-coloured earthenware produced chiefly from 1750 to 1820 by the potters of Staffordshire, England
    Synonym: pearlware
    • 2009 January 10, Judith Flanders, “They Broke It”, in New York Times‎:
      Its worth was quickly recognized: in 1765, Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, ordered a creamware tea set.

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