| 单词 | image toy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasimage toy image toy n. a small decorative figure, esp. an earthenware one made in the 18th cent. by John Astbury (see Astbury n.) or Thomas Whieldon. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > model > in terra-cotta or clay terra-cotta1810 snowman1908 image toy1956 1824 J. West Substance of Jrnl. during Resid. at Red River Colony i. 7 The women presented image toys, made from the bones and teeth of animals, models of canoes, and various articles of dress, made of seal skins, and the membranes of the abdomen of the whale. 1894 S. Smiles J. Wedgwood iv. 34 Bason bowls, plates, and image toys. 1956 Burlington Mag. Oct. 385/3 The pottery figures (‘earthenware image toys’) made in Staffordshire and imitated elsewhere in England and Wales, constitute one of the few authentic examples of English folk art. 1971 Country Life 2 Dec. 1505/1 Pioneer maker of image toys in Staffordshire was John Astbury (1688–1742), his colours restricted to the browns and whites of his burnt clay. 2000 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times Free Press (Nexis) 14 May d 8 First known as ‘image toys’.., Victorian Staffordshire figurines reigned as popular items throughout the 19th century. < as lemmas |
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