单词 | nailsea |
释义 | Nailseaadj.n. A. adj. Designating a style of glassware first made at or near Nailsea in south-west England in the late 18th cent., typically decorated with flecks or stripes of enamel or coloured glass. ΚΠ 1897 A. Hartshorne Old Eng. Glasses xix. 307 Nailsea, near Bristol, was another [source], with darker coloured glass, sometimes blue. 1907 E. Dillon Glass Index 368/2 Nailsea glass-works.] 1910 D. Wilmer Early Eng. Glass xi. 205 The manufacture of Nailsea glass continued until about the year 1873, some of the latest productions having gilt decoration. 1955 G. Stevens In Canad. Attic 62 The Nailsea glass, also made in the Bristol district, was noted throughout the world for its loops and swirls of different colours. 2000 50 Plus Lifestyles (Vero Beach, Florida) (Nexis) 1 Feb. a.16 During the 1800s, English firms were making..a revival of nailsea types with white or color swirls. B. n. Glassware in this style. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > glass-work or glassware > types of murrhine1782 Waterford1783 crystalware1805 peloton glass1881 opal ware1894 Stiegel1906 Mary Gregory1959 Nailsea1961 Vaseline1966 1961 E. M. Elville Collector's Dict. Glass 140/1 Also described as ‘Nailsea’ are the peculiar love-tokens which were..made at all glassworks near coastal towns. 1966 J. Laver Victoriana xiv. 173 (caption) Bottles decorated with loops of coloured glass, one of many varieties known as ‘Nailsea’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1910 |
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