Whieldonn.
/ˈhwiːldən/ Used attributively to designate the kind of coloured earthenware made in Whieldon's factory (founded 1740). Also in combinations, as Whieldon-type adj., resembling this ware.
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Liverpool1750
Wedgwood1787
Mason1804
Plymouth1816
Rockingham1840
Leeds1863
Jackfield1866
Spode1869
Whieldon1869
Minton1871
Doulton1873
Toft1878
Lambeth1884
Wrotham1884
metropolitan1891
Astbury1904
Pratt1920
Malling1933
1869 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 1 Oct. (1911) I. 42 One Wheildon [sic] Ware plate.
1900 F. Litchfield Pottery & Porcelain vii. 317 Whieldon ware is peculiarly light and the articles well potted.
1929 H. Read Staffs. Pottery Figures Pl. 14 (caption) The term ‘Whieldon type’ [is used] when the figure depends entirely for its decoration on coloured glazes.
1942 Burlington Mag. Oct. 260/1 Most dangerous are the increasingly skilful fakes of Astbury and Whieldon figures.
1968 Canad. Antiques Collector July 13/1 What is Whieldon Ware? This is a term referring to all types of ware of a mottled, cloudy or splashed character.
1978 Times 28 Jan. 12/6 (caption) A Whieldon-type teapot and cover, c. 1765.
1983 Country Life 2 Dec. (Suppl.) 72/2 A Whieldon pottery horse, decorated in underglaze colours of green, yellow and brown.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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