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Colorful pottery
Answer for the clue "Colorful pottery ", 7 letters:
redware
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Word definitions for redware in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A type of terracotta given a red colour by its concentration of ferrous oxide.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also red ware , type of pottery, 1690s, from red (adj.1) + ware (n.).
Usage examples of redware.
Badger carped and lobbed whatever came to hand at the invader: stools, a book, a candlestick, two redware jugs that slopped red wine in artful spirals.
She hoisted a heavy ewer and poured fresh water into a redware bowl on a commode, that the guests might wash before dinner.
As Karsus watched, she took up a redware beaker and plied a wooden scoop, brushing the top level with a finger as if the stuff were flour.
Pencil-thin spotlights cased in stainless steel lit a Siamese Buddha, New England Redware and a Florentine triptych.
Iron nails, brass tacks, knife blades, brass bowls, clay cups, spiked dog collars, spear heads, redware pitchers, gilded beakers from Syrian, carved rock crystal from Egypt, hammers, hinges, and much more went sailing, including a trio of lutes that broke with a musical brong.