单词 | minton |
释义 | Mintonn. I. Compounds. 1. attributive. Designating pottery made at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, from 1793 onwards, by Thomas Minton and his successors.Now a proprietary name. Minton's company popularized the willow pattern on domestic crockery. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > types of English pottery Liverpool1750 Wedgwood1787 Mason1804 Plymouth1816 Rockingham1840 Leeds1863 Jackfield1866 Spode1869 Whieldon1869 Minton1871 Doulton1873 Toft1878 Lambeth1884 Wrotham1884 metropolitan1891 Astbury1904 Pratt1920 Malling1933 1829 S. Shaw Hist. Staffs. Potteries 2 The largest Potteries known, being Wedgewood's, Etruria;..Davenport's, Longport; Minton's, Stoke. 1857 J. Marryat Hist. Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 2) xii. 302 Staffordshire is now the site of the great manufactures. From among these may be mentioned Minton, Copeland, Ridgway.] 1871 Appletons' Jrnl. 6 May 538/1 Among the presents were some exquisite specimens of Minton china. 1875 Appletons' Jrnl. 5 June 728/2 A small bookcase, with little Minton tiles in it. 1960 R. Collier House called Memory iii. 44 The best silver tea-service and the Minton tea-set. 1972 R. Player Oh! Where are Bloody Mary's Earrings vii. 182 A scraping of boots on the Minton tile floor. 1989 Miller's Collectables Price Guide 1989–90 120/2 A pair of Minton figures of Autumn and Spring. II. Simple uses. 2. Minton ware. ΚΠ 1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes i. 11 An amateur of china, who had dowered all his nieces..with Worcester, Minton, and Oriental. 1938 Amer. Home June 67/2 Table accessories..embrace the china, glassware, and silver used in the middle Colonial period. This includes Wedgwood, Spode, Royal Doulton, Minton, [etc.]. 1993 Antique Dealer Aug. 31/3 Superb quality workmanship continued in areas such as gilded decoration on teawares..but somehow twentieth century Minton lacks the power of the past. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871 |
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