Belleek

From Irish Béal Leice.

Belleek

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

• Belleek ware

Belleek (usually uncountable, plural Belleeks)

1. 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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