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hard paste

noun

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


hard paste

noun

    1. porcelain made with kaolin and petuntse, of Chinese origin and made in Europe from the early 18th century
    2. ( as modifier )

      hard-paste porcelain

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hard paste1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

These specimens are mostly of hard paste in the form of bowls, plates, tureens, &c.

There was a manufactory of hard paste porcelain here towards the end of the 18th century.

A factory for hard paste porcelain was established at Sept Fontaines about 1806, by the brothers Boch.

There was also a factory for hard paste established by Greiner and Haman here in 1762.

The theory that hard paste was made at Lowestoft or that Chinese porcelain was painted there has now been abandoned.

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