minton ware

minton ware
\\ˈmintən-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized M
Etymology: after Thomas Minton died 1836 and Herbert Minton died 1858 English pottery manufacturers
: ceramic tableware produced in the Minton factory in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

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