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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…
Durable Durable China – durable porcelain A general term – unfortunately without concrete assignment It is similarly complicated as the classification of the term “stoneware” in the German language to provide a generally valid definition of “durable”. If we look at the industry leader for Durable – the porcelain factory Steelite from England – we…
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…
Alumina Porcelain Porcelain in Wood Design – Impression Video Since 2018 “Alumina Porcelain” represents the second highest level of quality by Holst Porzellan. As a modification of the “High Alumina Porcelain”, we have succeeded in implementing the raw material composition formula in order to manufacture this quality level in conventional production facilities. Alumina Porcelain by Holst corresponds…
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