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Kaolin, or china clay, is the essential ingredient of hard porcelain and bone china. The Chinese discovered its use in making porcelain at least a thousand years before the Western world. Imitation being the truest form of flattery, the West so admired the magnificent white, hard and translucent material that they gave their attempts to imitate it the term of china.

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Small French Samson Porcelain Box With handpainted armorial and floral motifs. 20th century W 2-1/4" D 2" H 1-1/2"... View Product Details / More From This Seller Price: $265.00
Small Samson Porcelain Box with Armorial Motifs 20th century W 2-1/4" D 2" H 1-1/2"... View Product Details / More From This Seller Price: $265.00
English Wedgwood Jasperware Candlestick Josiah Wedgwood, Burslem, Etruria & Barlaston, Staffordshire, England. Impressed: Wedgwood, England.... View Product Details / More From This Seller Price: $390.00
Signed French Porcelain Dresser Box 18th century style. Marked in blue on the underside: "F.B.; France". Possibly Blanchard Freres, Limo... View Product Details / More From This Seller Price: $395.00
Turkish Unglazed Ceramic Storage Vessel With tooled decoration and an unusual raised shoulder moulding. 18th century W 11" H 18"... View Product Details / More From This Seller Price: $395.00
German Meissen Porcelain Honey Pot Underglaze crossed blue swords mark. Lovely mother with child and husband and wife painted scenes. E... View Product Details / More From This Seller Price: $395.00
German Porcelain Inkwell Bearing crossed swords mark, with a round fitted lid on a square base. Each side with scrolling cart... View Product Details / More From This Seller Price: $395.00