hard paste
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noun
true porcelain, made with kaolin, feldspar, quartz, or petuntse.
Nearby words
hard of hearing, hard on, hard on someone's heels, hard pad, hard palate, hard paste, hard peach, hard porn, hard power, hard pressed, hard pulse
Compare soft paste.
Origin of hard paste
First recorded in 1840–50
French pâte dure.
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Examples from the Web for hard paste
Plymouth and Bristol, the only hard-paste factories, together ran less than twenty years.
Chats on Royal Copenhagen Porcelain|Arthur HaydenThis ware is a hard-paste porcelain, and was doubtless made and decorated in China.
Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings|Mary H. NorthendThe problem of making a hard-paste porcelain resembling that of the Orient still remained unsolved.
The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young
British Dictionary definitions for hard paste
hard paste
noun
- porcelain made with kaolin and petuntse, of Chinese origin and made in Europe from the early 18th century
- (as modifier)hard-paste porcelain
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