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Earthenware This page is still under construction (wv-kh) Stoneware naturally belongs – like porcelain – to the large group of ceramics. Experts refer to this “highly fired” variant as fine ceramics. Tableware made of stoneware can be recognized mainly by its white-yellowish or greyish colour of the body. Although the body is sintered and densely…
Crockery This page is still under construction (wv-kh) Crockery – one of the Oldest Ceramic Types Crockery – like stoneware and porcelain – is of course also part of the large group of ceramics. The layman can easily confuse crockery with porcelain in a pure colour comparison, because its body colour is very similar to…
Well The porcelain maker refers to the inner surface of a flat part surrounded by a rim as a “well”. In contrast to rim plates, however, the inner surface of coup forms is not called a well. The base ring of a saucer is also called a “well”, i.e. it describes the surface area for…
Body In the technical language of porcelain and ceramics production, the term „body” refers to a shaped, dried or fired ceramic object which has not yet been glazed. The body is thus the final result of the composition of raw materials and firing by sintering. Most ceramic tableware and also porcelain in its finished state consists…
Relief harnesses Relief – the embossing of porcelain and ceramic dishes A very common type of decoration of tableware can be found – in addition to decorative porcelain – as relief tableware. The English translation “embossed” (embossed, pressed) describes the manufacturing method of this shape in a more understandable way. The visible motif on the top of the item…
Imitations of porcelain This page is still under construction (wv-kh) The word ‘imitation’ describes a forgery, a copy as an identical reproduction of an original, a replica or replica of a unique specimen, a plagiarism as a deceptive imitation of a branded product or a dummy for decorative purposes. In vulgar language it is also…
Porcelain Porcelain – The definition from the product knowledge of Holst Porzellan Poetic definition of porcelain This page is still under construction (wv-kh) Created from sand, stones and earthen materials, shaped and shrunk and fired in the fire, the “white gold” is created. Hardly any other material offers so many different qualities under one name…
Porcella Porcella – the origin of the porcelain name This page is still under construction (wv-kh) In Italian, the term “porcella” refers to a rare white noble mussel with a shiny surface. When Marco Polo first brought porcelain from China to Europe, this type of material was completely unknown. Polo promised the financiers of his costly voyages of…
New Bone China New Bone China – an imitation of porcelain This page is still under construction (wv-kh) It looks like porcelain, it sounds (almost) like porcelain, it has a similar weight to porcelain and yet it is not porcelain! New Bone China is a new kind of material description, mainly coming from Asia, which only…
Magnesium porcelain This page is still under construction (wv-kh) Similar to “New Bone China”, magnesium porcelain is a kind of “porcelain imitation” with outstanding properties. It looks like porcelain, it sounds like porcelain, it has a similar weight to bone china and yet it is not real porcelain! Magnesiumware is a new kind of material…