slipware
slipware
Definition
slip·ware (slip′wer′)
noun
pottery decorated by the surface application of slip, which may be carved, painted, etc.
slipware
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- comb: Recent archeology shows that the pottery also made combed slipware.
- make: I now make mainly multi-coloured slipware, but still enjoy making oxidized stoneware, and Raku.
Adjective modifier
- English: English slipware was the last remaining tradition of country pottery continuing to be made in quantity.
- traditional: He moved to Plymouth in the autumn of 1971 and went on to establish a reputation based on work inspired by traditional English slipware.
Modifies a noun
- pottery: One of the most prominent of these peaks is represented by the elaborate commemorative slipware pottery of the Wrotham group.
- tradition: Bowen is a potter whose work is perhaps closest to the slipware tradition associated with English country pottery.
- dish: Found in Area A Slipware Dish Fragments from a slipware dish possibly 18th century.
- pot: Leach and Cardew both made slipware pots early on at the start of the 1920s at Leach's pottery in St Ives.
Noun used with modifier
- century: Helen was inspired by the eary 18th century slipware cradle in the museum's collection.
Browse dictionary entries near slipware
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