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Recent Examples of ironstone china
Along with vintage and bone china pieces, look for ironstone china at the thrift store.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2025
The founder of curiosity shop Kabinett & Kammer, in Franklin, N.Y., cites a surging interest in chipped and crazed ironstone china as an example.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2021
Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2025
The founder of curiosity shop Kabinett & Kammer, in Franklin, N.Y., cites a surging interest in chipped and crazed ironstone china as an example.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ironstone china
Noun
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Each porcelain piece is finished with a glossy glaze that makes every bowl unique.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
3 Jan. 2026
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The brand also offers its own tableware and glassware, with the SR Home Collection porcelains crafted in Florence with gold and platinum decorations.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
31 Dec. 2025
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While the sentimental value of her china is priceless and can never be matched, there are still plenty of legacy brands to shop gorgeous china sets from that maintain the premium quality of her original pieces in new patterns and upgraded designs.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
23 Jan. 2026
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Sadly, there's no china in the book.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Gehry pursued architecture after a ceramics teacher saw his talent for three-dimensional art.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Ayşegül Savaş,
New Yorker,
30 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Ironstone china.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ironstone%20china. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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