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Calipered porcelain Calipered ware – a term of the porcelain industry   General definition of calipering Calipering is a technique or a procedure, which represents a reference standard for previously defined dimensions and shapes. The calipering thereby embodies the physical dimensions and forms (embodiment of measurement). Calipers are used in metrology, production and assembly.   Calipers…

Fine China This page is still under construction (wv-kh) A large number of tableware products are entering the German and European market, which their manufacturers euphemistically refer to as “Fine China“. Some even describe it as porcelain of high quality. However, a glance into the “raw material kitchen” and into the kiln provides clarity.  …

Festoon Tableware Festooned porcelain & ceramics The term “festoon” comes from the French and describes an artistic decoration in the form of a garland. It is a purely artistic element consisting of individual arches and paragraphs. In porcelain language, the festoon refers to the pure rim design of a ceramic object, which artistically curves, usually…

Feldspar porcelain The correct definition of feldspar porcelain The term “Feldspar Porcelain” is a German quality description, which in not other country has such a weighting. German Manufacturer (e.g. Bauscher, Kahla, Schönwald, Seltmann and others) – as well as us – equate it with Hard Porcelain. If we follow on of the rules by the “father of Porcelain” Dr. Wilhelm Pukall, Hard…

Faience This page is still under construction (wv-kh)  The “faience” belongs to the second member of the group of fine ceramics and is also called “fused ware” in the technical language. This fine ceramics is named after the town of “Faenza” in Italy. Faience represents the preliminary stage of earthenware and is characterized by a…

rim Flag – a technical term used in the porcelain industry The porcelain liner refers to the pronounced edge of an article as the rim  , usually also called the plate rim for plates. The flag is the namesake of the technical term  flag plate. Relief plates  usually only have a refined, i.e. a relief rim. The industry makes a literal distinction…

Delfter Porcelain Delft ceramics – an almost extinct porcelain art Some Dutch faience workshops called themselves porcelain factories at the end of the 17th century. They imitated Chinese porcelain and thus differed from the “Plateelbäckers”. The workshops thus met the demand for East Asian goods among the less well-off. The focus was not on the…

Chinaware Chinaware – A general term unfortunately without concrete allocation The English term “Chinaware” is translated as “porcelain” by most of the industry. This especially on the international markets outside Europe. This is only understandable, because there neither Marco Polo, the Porcella nor even Dr. Wilhelm Pukall had any influence on the development of porcelain.…

Edges This page is still under construction (wv-kh)  Edges – a technical term of the porcelain industry The upper edge (mouth rim) of a hollow porcelain body is called a edge. Accordingly, there are shelves at Depending on the article, price positioning and intended use, edges are produced glazed or unglazed. If edges are unglazed,…

Bone China noble tableware of high transparency Originally from England, “Bone China” is a further development of the traditional Chinese material composition of hard porcelain. In this process, the kaolin is enriched with animal bone meal (usually bovine bone), which makes the shard much lighter and makes the consistency of the porcelain appear much more…