Glazed earthenware or pottery, especially the blue and white decorated ceramic ware originally made in Delft, the Netherlands.
From Delft, a city in the Netherlands famous for its pottery production starting in the 16th century. The word was adopted into English from the place name, similar to how 'champagne' comes from a French region.
Delft pottery became so globally influential that wealthy Europeans across the continent decorated their homes with this blue and white ceramic, and it even inspired China to design export porcelain specifically to compete with it.
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