Zurichn.
/ˈz(j)ʊərɪk/, /ˈtsjʊərɪx/, U.S. /ˈzurɪk/ a. Used attributively to designate porcelain manufactured in Zurich in the eighteenth century.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > porcelain > European porcelain
Nuremberg1617
St. Cloud1721
Dresden1735
Limoges1844
Capo di Monte1850
Frankenthal1863
Zurich1870
Rosenthal1898
Copenhagen1911
1870 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 18 Feb. (1911) I. 71 Crispin still possessed the Zurich cups we saw there two years ago.
1875 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 26 Feb. (1911) I. 360 Some very pretty Zurich écuelles.
1897 Chaffers's Marks & Monograms Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 8) 530 Mr. H. Angst..has the most important collection of Zurich porcelain known.
1949 W. B. Honey European Ceramic Art 42 Zurich porcelain at its best shows a belated Rococo and a rare beauty of colour.
1981 Times 25 May 10/5 Among features in the sale..were..Zurich porcelains.
1981 Times 25 May 10/5 £3,721, for an attractive Zurich hunting group of about 1770.
b. Zurich gnome n. see gnome n.2 1c.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money-dealer > capitalist or financier > international
gnome1964
Zurich gnome1970
zaitech1986
1970 K. Giles Death in Church vii. 168 I arranged to ‘buy’ it from our Swiss agent, a nice Zurich gnome.
1972 D. Lees Zodiac 11 I certainly wasn't going to break up the Zurich gnome's marriage—not even for money.
1981 ‘D. Jordan’ Double Red ii. 14 Those who really believe in Zürich gnomes and see in each day's gold fixing the action of some giant hidden hand.
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