lusterware

Etymology

From luster + -ware.

noun

  1. A type of pottery having an iridescent metallic glaze
    The golden gates of Meshed have a rosy sheen, like lustre ware […] 1961, Freya Stark, chapter 9, in Dust in the Lion's Paw: Autobiography 1939-1946, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, page 172
    In Nantucket, they sold most of their stock: […] English lusterware, an oak wall cupboard and a decorated leather sea trunk made in China. August 10, 2007, Wendy Moonan, “Newport Antiques (and Nantucket’s) in Summer Fair”, in New York Times

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