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  • Fact Check: What Are The Primary Types of Porcelain?
    There are two primary types of Porcelain, with a third distinguished by nomenclature when a specific additive to a basic formula is included:
  • Identifying Sevres Porcelain
    Established at Chateau de Vincennes in 1738, where the soft paste porcelain formula was only used in manufacture, as a Royal Manufactury under Louis XV the porcelain factory was moved to larger quarters in the village of Sevres, about 6 miles southwest of the center of Paris, in 1756. The King’s new factory began its production at the very same time that Saxony became embroiled in the Seven Years War (1756 – 1763) resulting in the closing of the Meissen factory for a time.
  • Interpreting Makers Marks on China and Porcelain
    Many experienced collectors and dealers of pottery say it is important to not only research the mark or backstamp but to consider the shape, decoration, and type of ware as well, before coming to a definitive conclusion as to maker. For example, if an item is said to be a Staffordshire pottery spill vase, circa 1850, yet the piece is made of hard paste porcelain – we know this is a fake because Staffordshire pottery was not made from hard paste porcelain.
  • Porcelain - Transfer Print or Hand Painted?
    A common error made by individuals new to handling decorated porcelain is mistaking transfer printing for hand painting. A transfer print can fool the untrained eye, mistaking it for hand painting. Mistakes occur because the lovely portrait or floral image under examination is either well made or because the bottom of the piece is stamped, 'Hand Painted' when it is not, or when it is only partially hand painted.
  • The Introduction of Porcelain Production in England - Part 1
    Discovered by the Chinese hundreds of years before, the secret of making the highly prized and coveted true hard paste ceramic body did not arrive in Europe until the early years of the 18thC. After many lengthy trials and much personal suffering, the formula was successfully recreated by Johann Bottger at Dresden C1710, (a struggle vividly and entertainingly recounted in the 'The Arcanum'



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