as in pottery
articles made of baked clay
a display of beautifully hand-painted crockery on the kitchen countertop
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Recent Examples of crockery
The cases in the library exhibition displayed an impressive collection of Wordsworth’s manuscripts, early editions—and his breakfast crockery set.
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Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
Think couture cakes, quirky crockery, and Sketch Earl Grey with a twist—a favorite for Instagrammers and art lovers alike.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Though consumers likely keep the nostalgia and rarity of the crockery in mind when browsing, very few purchase vintage Pyrex plates, sets, cups or lids for more than a couple of hundred bucks or less.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 12 June 2025
According to the survey, only 8% of couples wanted fine china and just 10% wanted crockery or towels.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 20 May 2025
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Place thin plastic pots on the top rack and heavier pottery and terracotta ones in the lower rack.—
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Ceramic clays tend to be earthen clays, primarily used when constructing dishware or decorative pottery.—
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Gehry pursued architecture after a ceramics teacher saw his talent for three-dimensional art.—
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Two years later, she was employed in a ceramics factory in Germany, and then moved to Denmark, in 1963, to work in the stoneware department of the Royal Porcelain Factory, now known as Royal Copenhagen—among the most prestigious places in the world to hone the craft.—
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“Crockery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crockery. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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