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Delft vs Delftware - What's the difference?

delft | delftware |

As nouns the difference between delft and delftware

is that delft is a style of blue and white earthenware while Delftware is pottery made in Delft, Holland; especially a blue and white glazed earthenware.

As a proper noun Delft

is city in the Netherlands, in the province of Zuid-Holland.

delft

English

Etymology 1

After the Dutch city of Delft.

Noun

(-)
  • A style of blue and white earthenware.
  • * 1919 ,
  • *:Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft , and here and there a bas-relief.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch.
  • * Ray
    • The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could keep them dry.
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    delftware

    English

    Alternative forms

    * delftware

    Noun

    (wikipedia Delftware)
  • pottery made in Delft, Holland; especially a blue and white glazed earthenware