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Belleek, Irish China
Belleek
 
Belleek was started in the Northern Ireland town of the same *name in 1849. Early production was domestic ware - washstands, floor tiles, electrical insulators and tableware. One co-founder, noted London architect Robert Williams Armstrong, had higher aspirations, however. He hired fourteen skilled potters away from their English employers in Stoke-on-Trent.
Right,
a Belleek stamp from 1863-1890.

Porcelain was first featured by Belleek at the Dublin Exposition of 1872. Soon after, orders were taken from Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales, and the company's fame soon became worldwide.

Every part of every piece of Belleek pottery is still applied by hand, including the decoration.

The name is from the Gaelic beal leice, which translates to "Flagstone Ford."


Belleek
 

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