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[Name of a city in West Yorkshire.]
Used attrib. or absol. as the designation of a cream-ware type of pottery made at Leeds.
[1783Hartley, Greens Trade Catal. in Art Jrnl. (1911) Jan. 25/1 Designs of sundry Articles of Queen's or Cream colour'd Earthen-Ware, manufactured by Hartley Greens & Co., at Leeds Pottery: with A Great Variety of other Articles. The same Enamel'd, Printed or Ornamented with Gold to any Pattern; also with Coats of Arms, Cyphers, Landscapes, etc., etc. Leeds 1783.] 1863W. Chaffers Marks Pott. & Porc. 133 Leeds pottery, earthen⁓ware, manufactured by Hartley, Greens, and Co. Leeds, 1786. This ware has much perforated or basket work. 1872C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 139 A very pretty Leeds sucrier and cover. 1876Ibid. 485 We..arranged to come and look at his Leeds ware next week. 1903Mrs. H. Ward Lady Rose's Daughter xi. 169 The Leeds and Wedgwood dessert dishes that Cousin Mary Leicester had used for half a century. 1968Canad. Antiques Collector June 17/2 What is Mocha Ware? Sometimes referred to as ‘Leeds Ware’ or ‘banded creamware’ it is a creamware decorated with seaweed or tree silhouettes. This was made from 1787 up to 1903. |