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

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Example Sentences

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hard paste

It is hard paste, and equal to that of Sèvres, and of the same forms.

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

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 P. L. Simmonds

Established by M. Gerréault in 1753, under the protection of the Duc de Penthièvre; the porcelain first made here was of the soft paste, but hard paste was subsequently produced.

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

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 William Chaffers

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 William Chaffers

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