Definition of "agateware" []

• Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, supposed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone. (noun)

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• "A steaming agateware can of water stood on the floor just inside this door."
• "Of course, it is not necessary to tell even unexperienced housewives never under any circumstances allow food to stand in tins in which it was canned; do not ever stand food away in tin; use small agateware dishes, in which food, such as small quantities of left-overs, etc, may be reheated."
• "The tall chest to the left of Dek's portrait holds several samples of Timberlake's pottery, agateware, decoys and other miscellaneous items."