Belleekn.
/bɛˈliːk/ Used attributively or absol. to designate a kind of pottery produced in Belleek (see quot. 1960).
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1869 Arts Jrnl. May 149 (title) The Belleek Pottery.
1869 Arts Jrnl. May 151/1 Neither of these glazes..can compare with the beauty of Belleek ware... The most welcome of the patrons of Belleek is the Prince of Wales.
1935 Discovery July 205/2 Thin section of Belleek china showing layer of crystals found between body and glaze.
1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 29/1 Belleek, a light, fragile feldspathic porcelain cast in moulds, with lustrous pearly glaze.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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