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Ceramics, Porcelain
Porcelain is a hard ceramic substance made by heating at high temperature selected and refined materials often including clay in the form of kaolinite. more...
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Porcelain clay when mixed with water forms a plastic paste which can be worked to a required shape or form that is hardened and made permanent by firing in a kiln at temperatures of between about 1200 degrees Celsius and about 1400 degrees Celsius. The toughness, strength and translucence of porcelain arises mainly from the formation at high temperatures within the clay body of the mineral mullite and glass.
Porcelain was so-named after its resemblance to the white, shiny Venus-shell, called in old Italian porcella. The curved shape of the upper surface of the Venus-shell resembles the curve of a pig's back (Latin porcella, a little pig, a pig).
Properties associated with porcelain include those of low permeability, high strength, hardness, glassiness, durability, whiteness, translucence, resonance, brittleness, high resistance to the passage of electricity, high resistance to chemical attack, high resistance to thermal shock and high elasticity.
Porcelain is used to make wares for the table and kitchen, sanitary wares, decorative wares and objects of fine art. Its high resistance to the passage of electricity makes porcelain an ideal insulating material and it is used in dentistry to make false teeth, caps and crowns.
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 | Antique 2 Pears 9.5" handpainted Plate J. Ruyter $24.99 |  |
 |  |  | 2 French vintage bowls cafe au lait year 40/50 |  |
 | Antique H.P. Purple Floral 2 Handle Mini Bud Vase |  |
 |  |  | Early 20Th Century Porcelain Centerpiece Urn $45.00 |  |
 | Royal Doulton Series Ware Bobbie Burns Plate,1920's $149.99 |  |
 |  |  | Vintage Retro Creamer with a Classic Plaid Pattern $15.00 |  |
 | Antique Porc Mini Vases Applied Roses/Gold Butterfly |  |
 |  |  | Art Nouveau Bohemian Porcelain Urn Vase Tram Sofia View $65.00 |  |
 | Old Child's Mug Alphabet Abc Beautiful Birds $19.99 |  |
 |  |  | Delft hand painted tile #10- Autumn Hunter Rare old $7.98 |  |
 | Antique Porcelain H.P. Lilies Gold Trim Cabinet Plate $26.50 |  |
 |  |  | Antique German Porcelain Gold For My Husband Mug $22.00 |  |
 | Antique Serving Plate $24.91 |  |
 |  |  | Antique Geisha Flowblue ruffled edge porcelain Plate $9.99 |  |
 | Candy Dish/Goblet Beautiful Blue Pottery-marked with ? $3.50 |  |
 |  |  | Rare Edwardian Art Nouveau Royal Worcester Vase |  |
 | Swinging Bears-Message Bears $3.50 |  |
 |  |  | Furnivals Limited, Plate Denmark England $85.49 |  |
 | Royal Doulton Plate (The Doctor) 1928-1931 D6281 $225.00 |  |
 |  |  | Rossetti Black Design W/ Gold Trim Cup & Saucer $14.95 |  |
 | $ British Tiles book Craft Studio Ceramic Pottery $69.95 |  |
 |  |  | Set H.P. Fruit With Lattice And Leaf Border Plates $29.99 |  |
 | Victorian Vintage Johnson Bros. Porcelain Soup Bowl $0.99 |  |
 |  |  | Royal Dux Statue of Young Man Hunting with 3 dogs $1,700.00 |  |
 | Antique Red Stoneware Jasper Mug Staffordshire c 1850 $79.99 |  |
 |  |  | Regency Gold Trim Bone China Cup & Saucer $13.95 |  |
 | Fine YiXin ZiSha Bonsai Pot *Four Lions Handle* $129.00 |  |
 |  |  | Cauldon Unmatched Duo |  |
 | Antique Hp 1792 Porcelain Trinket Box Lion Clasp Marked |  |
 |  |  | Vintage Plate Transferware Figural Portrait Signed $4.49 |  |
 | Antique Porcelain H.P. Floral Cobalt/Gold Leaf Dish $26.50 |  |
 |  |  | Cute Vintage Collectible Travel Cup and Pill Container $28.00 |  |
 | 12 Ant Hand Pt Gold Highlight Soup Bowls/Plates Cauldon $355.00 |  |
 |  |  | Antique Warwick Child's Plate Cock Horse/Ranbury Cross $14.50 |  |
 | Antique 2" Blue fade to White Gold Glitz China Creamer $19.99 |  |
 |  |  | Rare Sgnd 1795 W Absolon Yarmouth Scallop Shell Dishes $199.99 |  |
 | Set Antique Porcelain Dessert Bowls Roses/Gold Floral $16.00 |  |
 |  |  | Old English Bulldog Bandit dog w mask & blue cap begs! $14.99 |  |
 | Vintage Numbered Mini Porcelain Vase w Applied Florals $3.95 |  |
 |  |  | $ Decorative British Tiles J-W book Ceramic Pottery $69.95 |  |
 | Late 1800s Silhouette Mug - Souvenir Llandudno Wales |  |
 |  |  | 18th c (?) Saxonian rococo trinket plate $0.99 |  |
 | Antique Amphora Czecho-Slovkian pottery - Pheasent vase $399.00 |  |
 |  |  | Antique Hp French Floral Hinged Trinket Box Marked |  |
 | Shelley Springtime Saucer |  |
 |  |  | Vintage Pig with Swansea Crest England signed |  |
 | Danced Pair Soviet Ukrainian Ussr Porcelain Figurine $0.99 |  |
 |  |  | Three Old Plates Royal Staffordshire A.J. Wilkinson |  |
 | Two Old Plates J&G Meakin Sunshine |  |
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Mugs, Tankards, Ceramics, Porcelain, Decorative Arts
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Salt, Pepper Shakers, Ceramics, Porcelain, Decorative Arts
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