Wedgwood Polychrome Tea Set, 19th Century
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- Polychrome - Made or finished in many colours. For furniture, it is used to indicated a painted finish.
- Terracotta - Terracotta is lightly fired earthenware, red or reddish-brown in colour, used in ancient times. Fired at higher temperatures terracotta was used in the nineteenth century for decorative vases and similar objects, but rarely for utilitarian goods. Other uses for terracotta include roofing tiles, garden pots and ornaments. Glazed terracotta is known as faience.
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Wedgwood (England), item types
- coffee pots & sets 44
- cruets & condiments 137
- jugs and ewers 232
- tea sets 190
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