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yel·low·ware

 (yĕl′ō-wâr′)
n.
Earthenware made from a naturally occurring yellowish clay and ranging in color from pale yellow to mustard.
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yellowware

(ˈjɛləʊˌwɛə)
n
(Ceramics) a type of stoneware made from yellowish clay
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The shop and house are filled with dozens of pieces of 18th- and 19th-century furniture, plus Norton-Bennington stoneware, yellowware, and spongeware pottery.
It includes types of ceramic vessels that would likely be used to serve food, especially the types known as whiteware, pearlware, and yellowware. The clay body in these wares is thinner, with fewer large inclusions, and the vessels tend to be much more highly decorated than unrefined ware.