petuntse
or pe·tun·tze
[pi-too n-tse; Chinese baw-duhn-dzuh]
- a type of feldspar, used in certain porcelains.
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Origin of petuntse
1720–30; < Chinese (Wade-Giles) pai2tun1tzŭ0, (pinyin) bái dùnzi white mound
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It is not, therefore, composed simply of kaolin and petuntse.
The manufacture of hard porcelain was begun at Svres in 1769, the quarries of St. Yrieix supplying both the kaolin and petuntse.
The Ceramic ArtJennie J. Young
Chemically, petuntse resembles the pegmatite of Limoges; mineralogically, it is to be classed with petrosilicious felspar.
The Ceramic ArtJennie J. Young
The kaolin and petuntse used in making paste for Chinese porcelain are chemically identical with the materials used in Europe.
The Ceramic ArtJennie J. Young
The Chinese glaze is also the more fusible, on account of the addition of lime to the petuntse, which the French use pure.
The Ceramic ArtJennie J. Young
petuntse
petuntze
- a fusible feldspathic mineral used in hard-paste porcelain; china stone
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Word Origin
C18: from Chinese (Beijing) pe tun tzu, from pe white + tun heap + tzu offspring
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