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Pinxton|ˈpɪŋkstən| The name of a town in Derbyshire used attrib. to designate a soft-paste porcelain made there from 1796 to 1813. Also quasi-adj.
1802in C. L. Exley Pinxton China Factory (1963) 60 To be Sold by Auction, by Blackwell & Co. At their Auction Rooms, Long Row, Nottingham. Six Crates of Pinxton China and Earthenware. 1876J. Haslem Old Derby China Factory 244 In the general run of Pinxton patterns gold was rarely used, the edging being usually in blue. 1928W. B. Honey Old Eng. Porc. xi. 201 Some cups and saucers at South Kensington..were ‘authenticated’ as Pinxton by John Haslem. Ibid., The later Pinxton porcelain may be well studied in Mr. Herbert Allen's collection. 1963C. L. Exley Pinxton China Factory iii. 18 It is..likely that the elaborate gilding, so characteristic of the finest Pinxton ware, must have been reduced to a minimum during the last twelve months of Billingsley's connection with the factory. 1966G. A. Godden Illustr. Encycl. Brit. Pott. & Porc. 257 Typical Pinxton porcelain is similar to puce-marked Derby porcelain of the 1790–1800 period. 1974― Brit. Porc. 351 Several examples featured as Pinxton in various books have every appearance of being of Coalport manufacture. 1976Times 26 Oct. 16/4 A pair of Pinxton tapering beakers. |