The blue delft plates and dishes gleam, all ranged upon the shelf. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Tea Book] Reference
It is a circular delft window of beautiful workmanship, and in a fine state of preservation. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832] Reference
"This" was a fragment of delft pottery which Frere's quick eye had detected among the broken metal. From Wordnik.com. [For the term of his natural life] Reference
Cal heard a dull bone noise as Smicker's back crunched on the delft horseshoe of the lavatory bowl. From Wordnik.com. [Cal]
He tried to ignore the image of her delft blue eyes gazing at him, challenging him, tantalizing him. From Wordnik.com. [A Man Called Jesse]
Old Jerome who was serving her in the pretty delft breakfast-room took an old retainer's privilege to ask. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference
I fell for the "trendyshopper" in the delft tile pattern, about two weeks before those bags were featured in the Globe. From Wordnik.com. [Shop first, blog after - And She Knits Too!] Reference
Tallow candles were to be furnished instead of wag, pewter instead of silver plate, and delft ware instead of porcelain. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-14] Reference
Her small dark eyes shrewdly appraised Katherine, who was lying on her couch bed clad in a dainty delft blue silk kimono. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
Pewter was the ware in common use, except among the labourer class, who had wooden trenchers, or a coarse unglazed delft. From Wordnik.com. [With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne] Reference
Elaborate paneling was installed in several rooms and fine marble and imported ceramic delft tiles graced the fireplaces. From Wordnik.com. [History of American Women] Reference
The Netherlands is popularly known for its windmills, cheese, delft and gouda pottery, dikes, tulips, bicycles, and social tolerance!. From Wordnik.com. [‘N’ Country – (A Meme)] Reference
In both hands she held one of the delft sugar-bowls. From Wordnik.com. [Blix] Reference
The oak entrance hall was to be ornamented with old delft. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Basement Flat] Reference
The illustrations are drawn from some delft figures, ornaments in a. From Wordnik.com. [The Kiltartan History Book] Reference
Mrs. Holt's delft-blue eyes haunted her afterwards like a nightmare. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern Chronicle — Complete] Reference
Technorati Tags: wind power, green energy, laddermill, delft university. From Wordnik.com. [Sellsius real estate marketing blog] Reference
Knit Picks Swish Worsted, 3 sks -- delft heather (darker than pictured). From Wordnik.com. [sock prØn.] Reference
The manufacture of delft ware was known to have greatly enriched Holland. From Wordnik.com. [Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance] Reference
Major Oglesby, a man of some wealth, "one of the quality," had the finest delft known. From Wordnik.com. [Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters] Reference
He wore a brown jersey coat, a delft-blue bow, a white silk shirt, white flannel trousers. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
Whether or not there was approval in the lady's delft-blue eye, Honora could not have said. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern Chronicle — Complete] Reference
In the center was a large blue mug of very common delft filled with poor Penelope's grasses. From Wordnik.com. [Girls of the Forest] Reference
It was a little trim delft-blue linen frock with a white piqué collar and a loose blue tie. From Wordnik.com. [Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls] Reference
So it was sent to me, and I brought it safely home to add to my collection of historic delft. From Wordnik.com. [Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography] Reference
Her attitude and posture were both judicial, and justice itself spoke in her delft-blue eyes. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern Chronicle — Complete] Reference
His mother and he, sir, are made of different clay from me; they are porcelain and I am delft. From Wordnik.com. [Phoebe, Junior] Reference
Our cups were tin mostly; some were pewter; but few men had plain delft-ware; china was unknown. From Wordnik.com. [Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters] Reference
At first sight, notwithstanding, one could not help perceiving that she was china and he was delft. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Archer and Other Tales] Reference
She handled the delft cups and platters with an exaggerated solicitude, as though they were glass bombs. From Wordnik.com. [Blix] Reference
Madden and Emmerich bulked huge in the little room, which, decorated in delft blue and white, was as dainty as Laura. From Wordnik.com. [Curtains for the editor]
The early blue and white delft pieces featured popular Asian motifs, many of which were copied from the ware produced in China. From Wordnik.com. [The Fergus Falls Daily Journal] Reference
1. These delft tiles, from the Netherlands, have been with me since I was about 15. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Things Tuesday: What’s in your desk? « The Life and Times of Organic Mama] Reference
What a beautiful delft blue!. From Wordnik.com. [What Is This Plant? « Fairegarden] Reference
For making china and delft ware. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds] Reference
There was blue delft on the chimney-piece. From Wordnik.com. [Moon and Sixpence] Reference
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