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Gombroon, Gomroon|gɒmˈbruːn, gɒmˈruːn|
Also 7 Gomron.
[Name of a town on the Persian Gulf. Cf. gambroon.]
A kind of Persian pottery, imitated in Chelsea ware.
1698Fryer E. Ind. & Persia 331 Gombroon Ware, made of Earth, the best, next China. 1699M. Lister Journ. to Paris 139 The Gomron Ware. 1880Daily News 13 Apr. 5/1 The year 1695 is authoritatively given for the appearance of the Chelsea pottery known as Gomroon. 1885Middleton in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 621/2 The main varieties of this Perso-Chinese ware are the following. (1) A sort of semi-porcelain, called by English dealers, quite without reason, ‘Gombroon ware’, which is pure white and semi-transparent. |