| 单词 | duck -egg china |
| 释义 | > as lemmasduck('s)-egg china d. duck('s)-egg china, duck('s)-egg porcelain (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > porcelain or china of specific colour blue china1783 Parian1824 famille rose1868 famille verte1868 blue1869 imperial yellow1875 duck('s)-egg china1897 famille noire1898 famille jaune1901 powder blue1910 sang-de-bœuf1960 1897 W. Turner Ceramics of Swansea 72 Some of this ware has a greenish hue when held up to a strong light. Hence locally, it is called the ‘duck's egg.’ 1897 W. Turner Ceramics of Swansea 343/2 ‘Duck's Egg’ China at Swansea. 1904 Burlington Mag. July 397/1 Old Swansea, or what is locally called the ‘duck-egg’ porcelain, has been collected, especially in South Wales, for many years. 1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 78/2 Duck Egg Porcelain, a much sought after variety of Swansea soft-paste porcelain showing a greenish translucency made about 1816–17. < as lemmas |
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