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Dresden china ExamplesWord Origin noun
- porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
Origin of Dresden china First recorded in 1725–35 Also called Dresden porcelain, Dresden ware, Meissen porcelain. Examples from the Web for dresden china Historical Examples of dresden china
He thought of her in amorous meditation a good deal as he might have thought of a Dresden-china shepherdess.
Henry James
The Dresden-China Shepherdess in bed looked down the length of the shadowed room to the door.
Temple Bailey
Her Ladyship, more like a Dresden-china figure than ever in a teagown of flowered silk, lolled in a low chair.
Katharine Tynan
Frederick’s and Maria Theresa’s courtiers simpered and sighed like Dresden-china swains and shepherdesses.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature
John Addington Symonds
British Dictionary definitions for dresden china Dresden china noun
- porcelain ware, esp delicate and elegantly decorative objects and figures of high quality, made at Meissen, near Dresden, since 1710