Definition of Crackleware

1. Noun. Glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface.

Exact synonyms: Crackle, Crackle China
Generic synonyms: China

Definition of Crackleware

1. n. See Crackle, n., 3.

Definition of Crackleware

1. Noun. Articles made with a crackle glaze. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crackleware

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crackleware

crackheads
crackhouse
crackhouses
crackier
crackiest
cracking
cracking a book
crackings
crackjaw
crackle
crackle china
crackleberries
crackleberry
crackled
crackles
crackleware (current term)
cracklewares
cracklier
crackliest
cracklike
crackling
crackling jaw
crackling rale
cracklingly
cracklings
cracklins
crackly
cracknel
cracknels
crackow

Literary usage of Crackleware

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Knowledge Library: Science, Invention, Discovery, Progress by Emory Adams Allen (1919)
"... immense works that the secret of the Chinese and Japanese "crackleware" was discovered, and now crackleware is made in Saxony as well as in the Orient. ..."

2. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President, James Daniel Richardson (1898)
"crackleware bowls (very old), presented by Prince Koon, of China. Cloisonné jars (old), presented by Li Hung Chang. Chinese porcelain jars (old), ..."

3. The Life of General U.S. Grant: His Early Life, Military Achievements, and by L T Remlap (1885)
"crackleware bowls (very old) presented by Prince Kaon of China. Cloisonne jars (old), presented by Li-Hung-Chang of China. Chinese porcelain jars (old), ..."

4. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1908 by United States President, James Daniel Richardson (1897)
"Small elephant tusks, from the Maharajah of Johore. Picture of General Scott, by Page, presented by gentlemen of New York. crackleware bowls (very ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Carpets, handkerchiefs and woollen goods are manufactured, and a pottery here is reputed to make the only true crackleware outside the East. ..."

6. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1901)
"Small elephant tusks, from the Maharajah of Johore. Picture of General Scott, by Page, presented by gentlemen of New York. crackleware bowls (very old), ..."

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