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Lowestoft|ˈləʊstɒft|
The name of a town in Suffolk, used attrib. or ellipt. to denote a soft-paste porcelain made from 1757.
1790E. Gillingwater Hist. Acct. Lowestoft ix. 423 It was agreed upon to open a subscription..in order to raise a sum sufficient for building a man of war..on which occasion the town of Lowestoft subscribed as follows:—Mr Walker, for the proprietors of the Lowestoft porcelain manufactory {pstlg}10 10s. 0d. 1875L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 106 Two pretty old Lowestoft bowls. Ibid. 9 June 120 In the windows was a most beautiful tea-set of old blue Lowestoft. 1912C. Mackenzie Carnival xviii. 181 ‘But what a terrible teapot.’.. ‘It's old Lowestoft.’ 1968R. H. R. Smithies Shoplifter (1969) 8 A small irregular pair of Georgian silver candlesticks flanked a bowl of armorial Lowestoft..the gold tracery glittering against the ultramarine glaze and the creamy porcelain. 1974Country Life 6 June 1517/2 Rare Lowestoft coffee pot..circa 1776. |