Dresdenn.

/ˈdrɛzdən/

Etymology: < Dresden, the name of a town in Saxony.

Used attributively or absol. to designate a variety of white porcelain made at Meissen near Dresden, or an object made of this, characterized by elaborate decoration and figure-pieces in delicate colourings. Hence (often attributive) used to designate anything of a delicate or frail prettiness.

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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

1735 E. Finch Let. 29 May in E. Burton Georgians at Home (1967) iv. 156 To gett either old or Dresden China.

1735 E. Finch Let. 29 May in E. Burton Georgians at Home (1967) iv. 156 Exchang'd for a sett of Dresden.

1750 H. Walpole Let. 23 June in Corr. (1941) IX. 106 On the cabinet stood a pair of Dresden candlesticks.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 200 Calling for his Dresden China.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. 226 Fourteen apartments filled with China and Dresden porcelain.

1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour II. 260 Porcelane or Dresden china.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxviii. 372 Wherever you sate down there were Dresden shepherds and shepherdesses convenient at your elbow.

1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 9/1 Extra Fine Paris Sateens... New artistic designs in small Dresden china effects.

1899 J. M. Ward One Poor Scruple i. v. 65 Madge's delicate, Dresden-china, little figure.

1905 W. H. Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism I. 49 Etty was cramped by a taste for Dresden-china prettiness.

1908 Daily Chron. 28 Aug. 1/1 His own Dresden-china doll of a wife.

1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival iv. 38 Her honey-coloured hair and Dresden cheeks fascinated the impressionable child with all the wonder of an expensive doll.

1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xv. 155 You do look like a Dresden shepherdess with your heart-shaped face and slanting eyes.

1917 T. S. Eliot Prufrock & Other Observ. 33 The Dresden clock continued ticking on the mantelpiece.

1962 G. K. Hunter John Lyly iv. 233 Phebe, the Dresden-china shepherdess.

1970 D. Devine Illegal Tender i. 5 How bored she was with that face! Fair hair, big blue eyes, little pouting mouth, pink and white complexion. Like a doll. Yet Chris approved. ‘A Dresden Shepherdess,’ he'd called her.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	dresden
释义	Dresdenn. /ˈdrɛzdən/ Etymology: < Dresden, the name of a town in Saxony. Used attributively or absol. to designate a variety of white porcelain made at Meissen near Dresden, or an object made of this, characterized by elaborate decoration and figure-pieces in delicate colourings. Hence (often attributive) used to designate anything of a delicate or frail prettiness. 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 1735 E. Finch Let. 29 May in E. Burton Georgians at Home (1967) iv. 156 To gett either old or Dresden China. 1735 E. Finch Let. 29 May in E. Burton Georgians at Home (1967) iv. 156 Exchang'd for a sett of Dresden. 1750 H. Walpole Let. 23 June in Corr. (1941) IX. 106 On the cabinet stood a pair of Dresden candlesticks. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 200 Calling for his Dresden China. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. 226 Fourteen apartments filled with China and Dresden porcelain. 1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour II. 260 Porcelane or Dresden china. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxviii. 372 Wherever you sate down there were Dresden shepherds and shepherdesses convenient at your elbow. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 9/1 Extra Fine Paris Sateens... New artistic designs in small Dresden china effects. 1899 J. M. Ward One Poor Scruple i. v. 65 Madge's delicate, Dresden-china, little figure. 1905 W. H. Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism I. 49 Etty was cramped by a taste for Dresden-china prettiness. 1908 Daily Chron. 28 Aug. 1/1 His own Dresden-china doll of a wife. 1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival iv. 38 Her honey-coloured hair and Dresden cheeks fascinated the impressionable child with all the wonder of an expensive doll. 1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xv. 155 You do look like a Dresden shepherdess with your heart-shaped face and slanting eyes. 1917 T. S. Eliot Prufrock & Other Observ. 33 The Dresden clock continued ticking on the mantelpiece. 1962 G. K. Hunter John Lyly iv. 233 Phebe, the Dresden-china shepherdess. 1970 D. Devine Illegal Tender i. 5 How bored she was with that face! Fair hair, big blue eyes, little pouting mouth, pink and white complexion. Like a doll. Yet Chris approved. ‘A Dresden Shepherdess,’ he'd called her. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1735
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