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Plain white
china coordinates with any decor and is never out of place . At the highest
level of quality it comes in two varieties: bone china and porcelain.
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Bone
china was invented by Josiah Spode about 1800. It is
essentially porcelain with the addition of organic calcium,
extracted from animal bone. It is fired at lower temperatures
and does not vitrify in the kiln, with the result that it is
porous and must be glazed.
| Bone china has a creamy translucence (right) that porcelain
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Most of the world’s bone china is made in England. |
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Porcelain,
like so many other things, was invented by the Chinese, well
over a thousand years ago. It is the hardest, densest from
of pottery ever discovered. Europeans puzzled over it for
centuries until about 1710 when Germans, then Italians, learned
how to make it.
| Porcelain is incredibly durable, which is why it is
used for things like linings for double boilers and egg
coddlers. |
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Continental Europeans are still specialists in porcelain today.
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Click
here to see Blanc, our fine
French porcelain, made for us in Limoges. |
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A worldwide favorite for years, with artful bas relief
on gleaming porcelain—
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Philippe Deshoulières California |
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Value-conscious shoppers have long cherished Thomas.
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Thomas Trend White |
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to see more quality, bargain-priced porcelain? |
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Fluid, organic shapes are dramatic and functional, and they
display food to good effect
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Rosenthal In.gredienti |
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to see more undecorated organic shapes? |
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Startling, angular shapes are all the rage....
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Villeroy & New Wave |
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to see more patterns like New Wave? |
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