a. (sb.) Also keramic. [ad. Gr. κεραμικός οf or for pottery, κεραμική (τέχνη) the potter’s art, pottery, f. κέραμος potter’s earth, pottery. Cf. F. céramique.]
1. Of or pertaining to pottery, esp. as an art.
[Not in Craig, 1847.]
1850. J. Marryat, Pottery & Porcelain, Introd. The Plastic or Keramic [ed. 1868 Ceramic] Art.
1862. Thornbury, Turner, I. 245. About 1775 Mr. Wedgwood … began to introduce high art into ceramic manufacture.
1879. W. Cosmo Monkhouse, in Academy, 11 Jan., 38/3. Imitations of ancient ceramic work.
2. As sb. in pl. The ceramic art, the art of making pottery.
1859. Gullick & Timbs, Paint., 30. Writers on ceramics follow the opinion of Pasiteles (quoted by Pliny), that pottery was the parent of the arts.
1879. W. Cosmo Monkhouse, in Academy, 11 Jan., 38/2. (Article) Recent Ceramics.
