earthenware

[ ur-thuh n-wair ]

/ ˈɜr θənˌwɛər /

pottery of baked or hardened clay, especially any of the coarse, opaque varieties.

clay for making such pottery.

Origin of earthenware

First recorded in 1640–50; earthen + ware¹

But in earthenware the majority of marks were impressed in the ware and this cheats the "faker" of his quarry.

Chats on Old Earthenware |Arthur Hayden
Beautiful as is Delft, it is really only a simulation in earthenware of blue-and-white porcelain.

Chats on Royal Copenhagen Porcelain |Arthur Hayden
The tortilla is then patted out into the form of a thin pancake and baked in an earthenware dish, or casuela.

Mexico |Charles Reginald Enock
The reader will doubtless call to mind the difficulties of Robinson Crusoe in making his earthenware water-tight.

The Art of Travel |Francis Galton

In the place of these pots are set other pots, likewise of earthenware, having a narrow bottom and a wide mouth.

De Re Metallica |Georgius Agricola

earthenware

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