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Ceramics > Pearlware

Preferred term

Pearlware  

Definition

  • Earthenware introduced by Wedgwood 1779; included a greater percentage of flint and white clay than creamware, and the glaze contained a trace of cobalt oxide which gave the body a bluish-white cast [Savage & Newman]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • PEARL WARE

Notation

  • 117466

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-KZVBJZ1L-X

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