A hard durable type of earthenware which was developed in Staffordshire by the middle of the 18th-c. A much-refined version of it was perfected by Josiah Wedgwood. In 1765 he sold a service of creamware to Queen Charlotte, who was so satisfied with it that she permitted Wedgwood to market it as Queensware. High quality creamware was also produced in Leeds.
Creamware is a cream-coloured earthenware created about 1750 by the potters of Staffordshire, England, which proved ideal for domestic ware. Around 1779, he was able to lighten the cream color to a bluish white and sold this more desirable product under the name pearl ware. Wedgwood supplied his creamware to Queen Charlotte and Catherine the Great and used the trade name Queen's ware.
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