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Pontypool|ˈpɒntɪpuːl|
Also 8–9 Ponty-pool, Pont-y-Pool, Pont y Pool.
The name of a town in Gwent, Wales, used attrib. and absol. to designate a type of Japanned metal ware originally produced there or items made from this Japanned metal.
[1734C. H. Williams Let. Dec. in L. T. Davies Men of Monmouthshire (1933) I. 72 Tom Allgood has found a new way of japanning which I think so beautiful that I'll send you a couple of pieces of it. 1763Gloucester Jrnl. 4 July 2/1 (Advt.), By Allgood, Davies, and Edwards, all Sorts of the real and most durable Japan Ware is continued to be made and sold at the Manufactory at Pont-y-Pool.] 1764in W. D. John Pontypool & Usk Japanned Wares (1953) iv. 36 (Advt.), Great Variety of Ponty-pool Goods Sold by Henry Johns, At his Ponty-pool Warehouse... Great variety of Snuff-Boxes, Japan'd Waiters, Bread Baskets, Tea Kitchens, Tea Kettles, and Lamps, Coffee Pots. 1781J. Byng Diary 16 June in E. Burton Georgians at Home (1967) iv. 183, I bought a Pontypool snuff box, a beautiful and dear ware. 1801W. Coxe Hist. Tour Monmouthshire II. xxv. 234 The town..is likewise remarkable for the japan manufacture, known by the name of Pont y Pool ware. 1872Art Jrnl. XI. 24 (caption) The premises in which the Allgoods last manufactured Pontypool ware. Ibid. 24/1 ‘Now,’ said Old Billy in the highest glee, ‘now you shall see what real Pontypool Japan is!’ 1928Daily Express 6 Oct. 11/7 The secret formula for the production of the artistic lacquer work known as ‘Pontypool japan’, which had been missing since 1864, has been found. 1953Ann. Sci. IX. 218 Several firms [in the Midlands] that paid special attention to the production of wares of high artistic merit were calling themselves ‘Pontypool makers’ in the early years of the nineteenth century, when the trade was in a flourishing condition. 1960House & Garden May 56/4 Red and gold decorated Pontypool tray, {pstlg}65. 1969Canad. Antiques Collector Jan. 8/1 This japanned tinware was generally known by the name Pontypool (even when it was later manufactured at Wolverhampton and Birmingham). 1971H. Huth Lacquer of West viii. 112 A color effect typical of Pontypool but later much imitated was a tortoiseshell ground made by placing irregular pieces of silver foil under brown lacquer, thus giving it the appearance of gold. |