Dresden china
porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
Origin of Dresden china
1- Also called Dresden porcelain, Dresden ware, Meissen porcelain.
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How to use Dresden china in a sentence
Her Ladyship, more like a Dresden-china figure than ever in a teagown of flowered silk, lolled in a low chair.
The Story of Bawn | Katharine TynanIt was pretty in a style suggesting a combination of Watteau, Dresden china, and the top of a biscuit tin.
A Bed of Roses | W. L. GeorgeRilla asked, for one glance at the lovely face of their Dresden china girl assured her that something was wrong.
Rilla of the Lighthouse | Grace May NorthFrederick's and Maria Theresa's courtiers simpered and sighed like Dresden-china swains and shepherdesses.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature | John Addington SymondsShe actually flirts with him, in her Dresden china way, and he growls.
Mavis of Green Hill | Faith Baldwin
British Dictionary definitions for Dresden china
porcelain ware, esp delicate and elegantly decorative objects and figures of high quality, made at Meissen, near Dresden, since 1710
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