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.

"Is that hard paste or soft, Uncle Jack?" asked Willie, while Al, as if inclined to test the matter, began a search in his pockets for a knife.

From St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 by Various

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

The experiments of Tschirnhaus and Böttcher commenced about 1706; 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

Only a hard paste, or kaolin ware, is acknowledged by experts to be genuine porcelain.

From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware