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Underglaze
Underglaze is a method of decorating pottery in which painted decoration is applied to the surface before it is covered with a transparent ceramic glaze and fired in a kiln.…
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Soft-paste Porcelain
Soft-paste porcelain (sometimes simply "soft paste", or "artificial porcelain") is a type of ceramic material in pottery, usually accepted as a type of porcelain. It is weaker than "true" hard-paste…
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Hard-paste Porcelain
Hard-paste porcelain is a ceramic material that was originally made from a compound of the feldspathic rock petuntse and kaolin fired at very high temperature, usually around 1400 °C. It…
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Earthenware
Information and gallery of earthenware. Earthenware, pottery that has not been fired to the point of vitrification and is thus slightly porous and coarser than stoneware and porcelain. The body can…
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Bone China
Information and gallery of bone china. Bone china is a type of soft-paste porcelain that is composed of bone ash, feldspathic material, and kaolin. It has been defined as ware…
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Porcelain
Porcelain is a vitrified pottery with a white, fine-grained body that is usually translucent, as distinguished from earthenware, which is porous, opaque, and coarser. The distinction between porcelain and stoneware,…
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Pottery
Pottery is the ceramic material which makes up pottery wares, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made by a potter is…
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KPM Berlin Porcelain Makers Marks and Information
Information and makers marks for KPM Berlin porcelain. The Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin (German: Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin, abbreviated as KPM), also known as the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin and…
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Meissen Porcelain Makers Marks and Information
Information and makers marks for Meissen porcelain. The Meissen Porcelain Factory is located in the town of Meissen, near Dresden, in Saxony. It was the first hard-paste porcelain manufacturer in…
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Flambe Glaze / Sang de boeuf
Flambe Glaze / Sang de boeuf. Flambe glaze also called Sang de boeuf, (French: “oxblood”) , a glossy, rich, blood-red glaze often slashed with streaks of purple or turquoise used…
