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Ceramics > Ironstone china

Preferred term

Ironstone china  

Definition(s)

  • Hard, dense, white stoneware developed in England, 18th c., as a cheaper substitute for bone china; originally highly decorated, but used most extensively as plain white inexpensive tableware throughout most of the 19th c. [AAT 94]

Broader concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • CHINA, IRONSTONE
  • FLINT CHINA
  • GRANITE, WHITE
  • HOTEL CHINA
  • Opaque porcelain
  • PORCELAIN, OPAQUE
  • SEMI-PORCELAIN
  • White granite

Notation

  • 115330

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-BVFCNX2S-M

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