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Wemyss, n.|wiːmz|
The name of the parish of Wemyss in Fife, E. Scotland, used attrib. to designate a type of decorated pottery produced at the Fife Pottery in Kirkcaldy c 1883–1930, and characterized by colourful underglaze illustrations of flowers, fruit, birds, etc. Esp. as Wemyss ware.
[1884J. Mackintosh Hist. Civilization Scotl. III. xxix. 329 The Wemyss glass-work... The cradles contained fifteen wisps.] 1923J. A. Fleming Sc. Pottery xi. 198 Robert Heron..introduced the highly decorative ‘Wemyss ware’, so much admired by lovers of pottery. 1978Times 20 Mar. 10/5 The small manor house..stuffed..with gaudy and bucolic Wemyss earthenware and Minton corn-cobs, picked up for a song. 1989Antique Collecting Feb. 21/2 Of the ceramics produced towards the end of the 19th century Wemyss ware has continued to move up in price. |