Made of a light-buff clay, and known as delftware, the tiles unearthed are decorated in blue, with a conventionalized design in each corner and. From Wordnik.com. [New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America] Reference
English sgraffito-ware, several incomplete earthenware holders, and parts of delftware candlesticks. From Wordnik.com. [New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America] Reference
To their left, under a dome of palms, was a marble basin, on the edges of which four large swans of delftware emitted the water from their beaks. From Wordnik.com. [Bel Ami] Reference
I have seen a man and wife drinking coffee from one small tin pan, their china and delftware having been left in fragments to decorate the desert wayside. From Wordnik.com. [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference
Visions of blue and white delftware passed through our minds as we entered the old town, which hardly looks as though worldly automobilists would be well received. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Striding towards the banquet-table with his flouncing companion at his side, Crockett secured a large delftware platter and commenced to fill it with a prodigious quantity of viands. From Wordnik.com. [Nevermore] Reference
Artworks from the Golden Age, from brilliant blue delftware to dark Vermeers. partly under renovation. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Delft is obviously famous for its delftware - the blue and white ceramics - and it was nice to see potters and ceramic artists still active within the field in the town. From Wordnik.com. [knitting neels] Reference
But on to the show, and someone has brought along some chipped English delftware plates; there's an art deco dressing table set, also chipped; some creepy old puppets; quite a nice dresser; some clothes from the 1960s; a few paintings, none particularly interesting or nice. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
I walked among the openwork towers, three tall, four smaller ones, and saw the delftware he’d plastered under a canopy and the molten glass and mother-of-pearl he’d pressed into adobe surfaces. From Wordnik.com. [Underworld] Reference
Over 500 pieces of British delftware and slipware. From Wordnik.com. [Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture] Reference
Most of the delftware unearthed at. From Wordnik.com. [New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America] Reference
Christie's An English delftware polychrome plate, circa 1660, estimate: £80,000-£120,000. From Wordnik.com. [Sainsbury Sale Highlights] Reference
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