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The name of W. H. Goss (1833–1906), of Stoke-on-Trent, used attrib. to designate a kind of armorial china orig. manufactured by him.
[1878L. Jewitt Ceramic Art Gt. Brit. II. v. 224 The works of Mr. William Henry Goss were commenced in 1858 for the production of Parian, ivory-porcelain [etc.]. Ibid. 541 Goss's china and parian. ]1906Daily Chron. 31 Aug. 1/7 The Goss china and porcelain. 1926M. Leinster Dew on Leaf ii. iii. 176 The jingling piano, the goss china, the gummed shells. 1936G. Greene Gun for Sale iii. 105 Dark curtains and Gosse [sic] china. 1969H. Sandon Brit. Pott. & Porc. 112 The title Goss China is nowadays used to describe the huge quantities of holiday mementos, usually on a thin parian body, with the name and crest of the town on it, the shape often in the form of ancient Greek vessels. |