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

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

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

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.

The experiments of Tschirnhaus and Böttcher commenced about 1706, and to the latter is attributed the invention of hard paste.

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

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

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

Out of a hard paste made from moss they cut the shapes of roses, camellias, lilies, daisies, etc., of real size, which they painted to a natural color.

From Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various