What is "agateware"

n. pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, supposed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.

n. pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate

Agateware is pottery decorated with a combination of contrasting colored clays.

The name agateware is derived from the agate stone, which when sliced shows multicolored layers. This pottery technique allows for both precise and thought out patterns, and free random effects.