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slipware Definition

slip·ware (slipwer′)

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.

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