单词 | queen's pattern |
释义 | > as lemmasqueen's pattern queen's pattern n. an ornamental pattern used on porcelain (see quots. 1928, 1957).Apparently so called after Queen Charlotte (see queen's ware n.). Cf. quots. 1910 and 2000. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > curves or spirals oundingc1390 bendc1535 wrall1540 tirl1597 scroll1611 gadroon1694 scroll-work1739 queen's pattern1769 rinceau1773 cartouchea1776 curlicue1844 wave1845 scrollage1847 ogee1851 rope border1855 gadrooning1856 rope-work1866 vermiculation1866 ringing1885 scrollery1892 twirligig1902 C-scroll1904 trumpet spiral1936 trumpet pattern1937 koru1938 1769 Catal. Worcester Porcelaine in J. E. Nightingale Contrib. towards Hist. of Eng. Porcelain (1881) 95 Twelve fluted handle cups and saucers, 6 coffee cups, and two tea pots plain Queen's pattern 2l. 1853 H. Greeley Art & Industry xi. 117 A queen's pattern vase, painted and gilt, is an object worth inspecting. 1910 R. L. Hobson Worcester Porcelain vii. 58 The catalogue of a sale of Worcester porcelain at Christie's, in 1769, includes several references to a ‘Queen's pattern’, which was no doubt the same as the traditional ‘Queen Charlotte's pattern’ of today. 1928 W. B. Honey Old Eng. Porcelain viii. 167 A design in Oriental style long popular at Worcester..consists of vertical or spirally curved panels alternately red on white and white on blue, with gilding... It was variously known as the ‘whorl’, ‘spiral’, ‘catherine-wheel’ and ‘Queen's pattern’. 1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 186/1 Queen's pattern, a counter-changed pattern consisting of alternate radiating whirling bands of red-on-white and white-on-blue ornament with gilded embellishments used at Worcester from c. 1770 onwards. 1974 ‘K. Royce’ Trap Spider i. 12 The cutlery was mid-Georgian Queen's pattern. 2000 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 28 Jan. 20 The manufacture of blue and white ware ceased with the exception of the blue ‘Royal Lily’ or ‘Queen's Pattern’ chosen by Queen Charlotte on her visit to factory in 1788. < as lemmas |
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