Pottery or ceramics with a surface appearance resembling agate stone, featuring banded or swirled patterns.
From 'agate' plus English 'ware' (goods/pottery). Combines the stone name with pottery terminology.
English potters in the 1700s created agateware by mixing clay colors before firing, trying to replicate the beautiful natural patterns of real agates—it was luxury pottery trying to look like gemstones.
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