curion.
/ˈkjʊərɪəʊ/, /ˈkjɔːrɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkjʊrioʊ/ An object of art, piece of bric-à-brac, etc., valued as a curiosity or rarity; a curiosity; more particularly applied to articles of this kind from China, Japan, and the far East.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > types of > objet d'art or curio
curiosity1645
virtu1746
article (also piece, bit, etc.) of virtu1755
object of art1830
objet d'art1840
chinoiserie1841
art object1848
curio1851
object of virtu1854
objet1857
objet de vertu1862
Japanesery1885
japonaiserie1896
Chinesery1907
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick iii. 20 A lot of 'balmed New Zealand heads, (great curios, you know).
1861 R. Swinhoe Narr. N. China Campaign 1860 299 Everybody had some rare curios to show me, asking me their worth.
Compounds
curio-buying, curio-hunter, curio-maniac, curio-shop.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling fancy goods or curios
gaudy-shopa1627
toy shop1691
knick-knackatory1702
knackatory1709
bazaar1807
curiosity-shop1818
bric-a-brac shop1840
novelty store1874
novelty shop1893
odditorium1914
gift shop1918
curio-shop1920
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Jan. 4/1 As a baby is moved to put everything it sees into its mouth, so the curiomaniac seeks to make everything within the limits of the craze his own.
1887 F. H. H. Guillemard Cruise Marchesa I. 41 To the curio-hunter the Liu-kiu Islands are a most unprofitable ground.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Sept. 2/1 By a first-class Japanese curio-dealer..you are only shown one thing at a time.
1920 M. Beerbohm Lett. to R. Turner (1964) 245 Your visits to the curio-shops.
1970 V. McKenna Some of my Friends have Tails 77 We had to film a scene in a curio shop—the type that sells objects made from skin and ivory and leather.
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