belleek

plural belleeks

1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of Belleek.

   A belleek body is one of the mysteries of modern Ceramics.

   1922, Harold Thornton Coss, Development of a Colored Belleek Body, page 1

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   Beyond this, to produce belleek, ground flint glass is introduced.

   1901, William Clayton, “Testimony of Mr. William Clayton”, in United States. Industrial Commission, editor, Reports of the Industrial Commission on the Relations and Conditions of Capital and Labor employed in Manufactures and General Business, page 643

   No deposit work is done here, but some belleek is obtained from this establishment for that kind of work.

   1910, The Pottery & Glass Salesman - Volume 2, page 25

1. A village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, famous for its pottery.

   Alternative form: Balleek

2. A small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

   Alternative form: Belleeks

plural Belleeks

1. uncountableusuallySynonym of Belleek ware.

   The value of a damaged Belleek can be bleak. Because the porcelain is so thin, even hairline cracks can radically affect the value.

   2011, Deborah Shouse, Ron Zoglin, Antiquing For Dummies

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   Belleek was invented about thirty-five years ago by a potter named William Henry Goss, of Stoke-upon-Trent, England, whose workmen were induced to go to the porcelain-works established in Belleek, and it was there that the ware was first produced in any considerable quantity.

   1896 June, “House Furnishing Review”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 8, number 6, page 219

   Belleek was made for both utilitarian and decorative purposes, shaped often in the form of seashells or marine life, such as coral branches.

   2000, Suzanne Von Drachenfels, The Art of the Table, page 55

   Synonyms: Belleek ware