单词 | crouch-ware |
释义 | crouch-waren. Pottery. A name applied by collectors to the early salt-glazed pottery of Staffordshire. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > English pottery Staffordshire ware1765 Staffordshire1774 crouch-ware1817 Newcastle1817 Mocha1837 Castleford1863 Jackfield ware1866 Plymouth earthenware1878 Wrotham1884 Jackfield1892 Ruskin1903 Sunderland lustre1903 Poole pottery1924 1817 W. Pitt Topogr. Hist. Staffs. 415–6 These pieces [of c 1700] appear to be composed of the clay found in the coal pits in and near Burslem, then called Can-marl; while others have been found formed of this clay and a mixture of white sand or pounded gritstone procured at Mole Cop, and well covered with a salt glaze. This last is known by the name of Crouch Ware, and proves that at that time the salt glaze had been introduced. 1829 S. Shaw Hist. Staffs. Potteries 110 We find Crouch ware first made there [i.e. at Burslem] in 1690..In making Crouch ware, the common brick clay and fine sand from Mole Cop were first used; but afterwards the Can marl and sand; and some persons used the dark grey clay from the coal pits and sand for the body, and salt glaze. 1883 L. M. E. Solon Art of Old Eng. Potter 72. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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