Dresden china

noun

Dresden china

porcelain ware, esp delicate and elegantly decorative objects and figures of high quality, made at Meissen, near Dresden, since 1710

First recorded in 1725–35

Her Ladyship, more like a Dresden-china figure than ever in a teagown of flowered silk, lolled in a low chair.

It was pretty in a style suggesting a combination of Watteau, Dresden China, and the top of a biscuit tin.

Rilla asked, for one glance at the lovely face of their Dresden China girl assured her that something was wrong.

Frederick's and Maria Theresa's courtiers simpered and sighed like Dresden-china swains and shepherdesses.

She actually flirts with him, in her Dresden China way, and he growls.

April 17, 2024axolotl

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