vaseware

English

Etymology

From vase +‎ -ware.

Noun

vaseware (uncountable)

1. Vases collectively.
   • 1916 March 18, Mark Palmer, “Casual Notes”, in The Florists’ Exchange, page 655:

     The Colonial Flower Shop has a beautiful collection of vaseware on exhibit in the window this week.

   • 1956 October, The Australian Journal, page 78:

     MAKE beautiful vaseware and all kinds of saleable novelties easily with simple plastic modelling paste costing few pence.

   • 1990, Dennis R. MacDonald, “Intertextuality in Simon’s “Redemption” of Helen the Whore: Homer, Heresiologists, and The Acts of Andrew”, in David J. Lull, editor, Society of Biblical Literature 1990 Seminar Papers, Atlanta, Ga.: Scholars Press, →ISBN, page 338:

     Vaseware frequently depicts Menelaus chasing Helen and dropping his sword as he does so.

   • 1992 June, Gift & Stationary Business GSB, Miller Freeman, Inc., →ISSN, page 20:

     The Pacific Rim product line is rounded out by a cheerful selection of Easter and Spring merchandise, a ceramic tabletop collection, brass and ceramic vaseware, birds and birdcages plus an attractive selection of silk candle rings, pre-arranged baskets and silk bouquets.

   • 1996, Stefano De Caro, The National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Electa Napoli, →ISBN, page 99:

     There is the same difficulty in identifying the examples of vicus vitrarius made in Pozzuoli among the rich series of glass vases, or the workshops which produced the abundant silver vaseware or the numerous brooches in gold, silver and precious stones.

   • 2001, European Artists (Macmillan Profiles), Macmillan Reference USA, →ISBN, page 222:

     Neoclassicism also influenced furniture, vaseware, tapestry design, and sculpture, where the use of colored marble and emotionally charged faces gave way to more tranquil poses depicted in white marble.