hard paste

American  

noun

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

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hard paste British  

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of hard paste

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The dry hard paste is also found to be the best of all ingredients for giving a golden tint to cheese or butter.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

Keep your paste-board, rolling-pin, cutters, and tins very clean: the least dust on the tins and cutters, or the least hard paste on the rolling-pin, will spoil the whole of your labour.

From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William

Later Richard Champion, having in 1774 purchased Cookworthy’s patent, opened a manufactory for hard paste.

From The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by Chaffers, William

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

From The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by Chaffers, William

All of these plants manufactured hard paste chinas.

From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware