Longton Halln.
/ˌlɒŋt(ə)n ˈhɔːl/, U.S. /ˌlɔŋt(ə)n ˈhɔl/, /ˌlɑŋt(ə)n ˈhɑl/ I. Compounds.
1. attributive. Designating an item of porcelain produced at the Longton Hall manufactory in Staffordshire.
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1757 Public Advertiser 4 Apr. 3/3 A Quantity of new and curious Porcelain or China, both useful and ornamental, of the Longton-Hall Manufactory, which has never been exposed to public View.]
1885 A. H. Church Eng. Porcelain viii. 74 The Longton Hall porcelain presents a very close resemblance to a rough kind of Chelsea china.
1906 W. Bemrose Longton Hall Porcelain vi. 37 We seldom observe a glazed bottom to a Longton Hall piece.
1961 Connoisseur Dec. p. xiv (advt.) A rare Longton Hall Vase finely painted with flowers.
2012 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 8 Mar. 8 Six Longton Hall strawberry leaf plates, painted in ‘Trembly Rose’ style.
II. Simple uses.
2. Porcelain produced at Longton Hall.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > English porcelain
Worcester1802
Plymouth1816
New Hall1829
Broseley porcelain1845
Colebrook Dale1855
Crown Derby1855
Caughley porcelain1868
Derby1868
Plymouth1869
Lowestoft1875
Longton1885
frit-porcelain1889
Coalport1899
porcelain making1903
Goss1906
Longton Hall1925
Pinxton1928
1925 W. W. Worster tr. E. Hannover Pottery & Porcelain III. xx. 533 A mode of decoration probably peculiar to Longton Hall is the application of designs like those on Battersea or Staffordshire enamels, in white enamel pigment on a strong blue ground.
1973 Times 14 Nov. 21/5 For Longton Hall a small melon tureen..made a record price at £4,000.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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