as in pottery
articles made of baked clay
collects 19th-century English stoneware, especially soup tureens
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Read on for deals on sets of Le Creuset’s Essential, Signature, and Classic cookware, along with on-sale colanders, mixing bowls, stoneware mugs, and more.
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Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2025
May 13, 2021 issue Prudence Crowther and James Taibi
Olympic Notes
August 8, 1996 issue
Christopher Benfey
Resistance Pottery
Two recent exhibitions of the work of Black potters find political acts in the placid history of nineteenth-century American stoneware.
—Heather O’Donnell, The New York Review of Books, 24 Apr. 2025
Each dish is made from long-lasting stoneware and features a dainty rim, floral pattern complete with roses and other beloved blooms, and detailed accents around the edge for a timeless look.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025
Not to mention, it’s also constructed with durable stoneware and coated in a nonporous enamel glaze that is stain- and scratch-resistant, too.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2025
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Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2025
May 13, 2021 issue Prudence Crowther and James Taibi
Olympic Notes
August 8, 1996 issue
Christopher Benfey
Resistance Pottery
Two recent exhibitions of the work of Black potters find political acts in the placid history of nineteenth-century American stoneware.
—Heather O’Donnell, The New York Review of Books, 24 Apr. 2025
Each dish is made from long-lasting stoneware and features a dainty rim, floral pattern complete with roses and other beloved blooms, and detailed accents around the edge for a timeless look.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025
Not to mention, it’s also constructed with durable stoneware and coated in a nonporous enamel glaze that is stain- and scratch-resistant, too.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoneware
pottery
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Five sketches by New York caricaturist Al Hirschfeld are also among the lots, as are pre-Colombian pottery pieces, turn-of-the century weather vanes, and a Byzantine processional cross.—
Francesca Aton for ArtNews,
Robb Report,
21 May 2025
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To make the display look interesting, stand some books upright and stack larger books horizontally to serve as pedestals for decorative items like a picture frame or piece of pottery.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 May 2025
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“Stoneware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoneware. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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