porcelain clay
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A rough mantelpiece teemed with small bright objets d’art made of plaster, porcelain, clay, and milk glass.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Real china ones are made of porcelain clay, and baked like chinaware or other pottery.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 by Various
The mineral wealth is varied and great, including coal, the most useful metals, silver, sulphur, and porcelain clay.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
This is the porcelain clay of human kind.
From Familiar Quotations by Bartlett, John
There were also silver, copper, nickel, and a fine quality of kaolin or porcelain clay.
From A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences by Haviland, Laura S.
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