Belleek
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See also: belleek
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Irish Béal Leice.
Proper noun
[edit]Belleek
- A village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, famous for its pottery.
- Alternative form: Balleek
- A small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
- Alternative form: Belleeks
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]Belleek (usually uncountable, plural Belleeks)
- Synonym of Belleek ware
- 1896 June, “House Furnishing Review”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 8, number 6, page 219:
- 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.
- 2000, Suzanne Von Drachenfels, The Art of the Table, page 55:
- Belleek was made for both utilitarian and decorative purposes, shaped often in the form of seashells or marine life, such as coral branches.
- 2011, Deborah Shouse, Ron Zoglin, Antiquing For Dummies:
- The value of a damaged Belleek can be bleak. Because the porcelain is so thin, even hairline cracks can radically affect the value.
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- English terms derived from Irish
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- English uncountable nouns
- en:Villages in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
- en:Villages in Northern Ireland
- en:Places in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
- en:Places in Northern Ireland
- en:Villages in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
- en:Places in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
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- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations