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  • proper noun Town in Ireland, famous for its pottery.

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Examples

  • Guests left with a goodie bag chock full items including their choice of a stay at Belleek Castle in Ireland, Hotel Chevel in Paso Robles, CA or Tally Ho Inn in Carmel, CA.

    Zorianna Kit: 2011 Academy Awards Gifting suites Zorianna Kit 2011

  • While Barry gulped twenty-five cent tea from a large and heavy mug, Mercedes sipped three-dollar tea from a tiny cup of Belleek, rose-tinted, fragile as all egg-shell.

    CHAPTER IV 2010

  • Guests left with a goodie bag chock full items including their choice of a stay at Belleek Castle in Ireland, Hotel Chevel in Paso Robles, CA or Tally Ho Inn in Carmel, CA.

    Zorianna Kit: 2011 Academy Awards Gifting suites Zorianna Kit 2011

  • Celtic cross, celtic ties, Belleek on sale???? toy shoppe, horned ducks, Sigmund Freud action figure candy shoppe with Manny and fudge pet store with everything, almost any breed

    grouse Diary Entry grouse 2009

  • One might suspect it was the roses (x12), or the Belleek (x3).

    grouse Diary Entry grouse 2009

  • A similar dressing table held a solitary, pink edged Belleek vase.

    A Suitable Vengeance George, Elizabeth 1991

  • The marks which appear on the various productions of Belleek porcelain are of considerable interest to collectors and admirers of this beautiful ware.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Various

  • The manufacture of Belleek ware was introduced into this country by

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Various

  • Etruria Pottery, formerly operated by Messrs. Ott & Brewer, now known as the Cook Pottery Company, the mark used on Belleek ware was a crescent bearing the name with the initials of the proprietors, "O. & B."

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Various

  • Going to Trenton for the purpose of pursuing her studies in this direction, one day in 1891, while engaged in working over the wet Belleek, the idea of carving delicate designs in the dry clay occurred to her, and after conducting a series of experiments her efforts were crowned with success.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Various

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