单词 | copenhagen |
释义 | Copenhagenn. Used attributively of porcelain manufactured in Copenhagen since the mid-eighteenth century. Also elliptical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > porcelain > European porcelain Nuremberg1617 St. Cloud1721 Dresden1735 Limoges1844 Capo di Monte1850 Frankenthal1863 Zurich1870 Rosenthal1898 Copenhagen1911 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 875/1 Though the delicate underglaze painting on hard-fired porcelain of Copenhagen and Rörstrand owes its inception to this foreign [Japanese] influence, it proceeds on its own lines.] 1911 A. Hayden (title) Royal Copenhagen Porcelain. 1911 A. Hayden Royal Copenhagen Porcelain i. 37 The early Copenhagen porcelain of the Fournier period is soft paste. 1911 A. Hayden Royal Copenhagen Porcelain ix. 359 To take a Copenhagen vase with its seascape and dancing spray and pack of scudding storm-clouds. 1926 A. Huxley Two or Three Graces 73 Phyllis has just smashed that hideous Copenhagen rabbit Aunt Eleanor gave me. 1962 H. Thurston Where is thy Sting? iv. 52 The second best china..was of heartier dimensions than the Royal Copenhagen she kept for special occasions. 1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin xvii. 105 A girl..produced a Copenhagen teapot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1911 |
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