hard paste

noun

true porcelain, made with kaolin, feldspar, quartz, or petuntse.

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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 Hayden
This ware is a hard-paste porcelain, and was doubtless made and decorated in China.
Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings|Mary H. Northend
The 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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