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Definition of Crackle china
1. Noun. Glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crackle China
Literary usage of Crackle china
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... dry color is then rubbed (i\rr the pirre, Diluir up (lie cracks, and the piece
IB afterward Ind. crackle-china (krak'l-chi'n&), n. ..."
2. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences by William Newton (1866)
"For the purpose of obtaining designs in crackle china, mosaic, and other various
decorations, I impregnate these bodies alternately in a hot and cold state, ..."
3. A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea. Being a by Robert Fortune (1857)
"... Inspect his collections of old crackle china aud other vases, &c. — Fondness
of Chinese for their own ancient works of art — Description of ancient ..."
4. Northern Germany, as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1893)
"... crackle-china (the cracks produced by a process of rapid cooling after the
first firing); yellow imperial or dragon china, manufactured for the personal ..."
5. Northern Germany as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1904)
"... 5) ; sea-green porcelain, or celadon (Cab- 3) ; crackle-china (the cracks
produced by a process of rapid cooling after the first firing; Cab. ..."
6. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"... crackle China tea-pot for her. Mem.— Exchange is no robbery but may be an
advantage. Lady-Day.—Having dreamt that Salisbury Plain is a very likely place ..."
7. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... dry color is then rubbed (i\rr the pirre, Diluir up (lie cracks, and the piece
IB afterward Ind. crackle-china (krak'l-chi'n&), n. ..."
8. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences by William Newton (1866)
"For the purpose of obtaining designs in crackle china, mosaic, and other various
decorations, I impregnate these bodies alternately in a hot and cold state, ..."
9. A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea. Being a by Robert Fortune (1857)
"... Inspect his collections of old crackle china aud other vases, &c. — Fondness
of Chinese for their own ancient works of art — Description of ancient ..."
10. Northern Germany, as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1893)
"... crackle-china (the cracks produced by a process of rapid cooling after the
first firing); yellow imperial or dragon china, manufactured for the personal ..."
11. Northern Germany as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1904)
"... 5) ; sea-green porcelain, or celadon (Cab- 3) ; crackle-china (the cracks
produced by a process of rapid cooling after the first firing; Cab. ..."
12. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"... crackle China tea-pot for her. Mem.— Exchange is no robbery but may be an
advantage. Lady-Day.—Having dreamt that Salisbury Plain is a very likely place ..."
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