School: Carraig na Heorna (roll number 10938)

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   designs for Belleek ware, as was natural from the proximity of the wild corals, dolphins, sea horses, tritons, mermaids etc., are among the subjects translated into perfect porcelain.
   The quality of the work was well described by a writer in the ‘Art Journal’ fifteen years after the factory began. “The chief peculiarities of Belleek ornamental ware”, he wrote “are its lightness of body, its rich, delicate, cream-like or ivory tint and the glittering iridescence of its glaze. Although the principal productions are formed of white ware, local clays have been found which yield jet, red and cane-coloured wares, and facsimilies of seashells coral branches are produced which might well be supposed to be natural. The iridescent effect is somewhat similar to the tuby lustre of Gubbis majolica, that famous Italian enamelled ware of which an unrivalled collection is to be seen at the South Kensington Museum
   The lustre of the china is really remarkable, resembling the polished, slightly iridescent surface inside a mother-of-pearl shell. The Parian work is superior to anything produced in England owing to the very fine

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Susan Mary Irwin

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Ruddick Millar

   Relation

   Not a relative

   Gender

   Male