单词 | ridgway |
释义 | Ridgwayn. A type of pottery or porcelain produced by the Ridgway family (and their successors) in Staffordshire from 1792, esp. transfer-printed dinner and tea services. Chiefly attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > English pottery > by other named persons Davenport1863 Elers ware1869 Spode1869 Doulton1890 Ridgway1892 Martinware1897 Moorcroft1910 Mason1911 Moorcroft1975 1892 Birmingham Daily Post 7 Dec. 2/2 Dinner service, 112 pieces. Ridgway ware, Lichfield pattern; splendid. 1911 J. F. Blacker 19th-cent. Eng. Ceramic Art ix. 207 To say that there will be little old Ridgway ware and china amongst future collections is to assume that fashion will never fail in its pursuit of fine specimens. That is probably true; useful articles stand in another class, and though there is fine old Ridgway it is not easy to get. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 239/1 Ridgway earthenware & porcelain. 1972 G. A. Godden Illustr. Guide Ridgway Porcelains ii. 14 The Ridgway porcelain dessert and tea-wares do not at this pre-1830 period bear any factory trade-mark. 1986 Burlington Mag. June 443/2 A revised and enlarged second edition of this excellent 1972 book, the first comprehensive study of Ridgway ceramics. 2008 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 4 Oct. 24 This extensive Ridgway pottery dinner and tea service with 16 plates etc. really is too large. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892 |
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