EARTHENWARE

a name applied to the commoner sorts of pottery ware. The older kinds of earthenware, iv¥—3 euch a6 Majolica, Delft-warc, Faience, and Palisey-ware, are not only glazed but are besides elaborately coloure and enamelled and ornamented with raised figures of various kinds. See POTTERY AND PORCELAIN.