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What is porcelain made of?

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What is porcelain made of?
Porcelain is made up of kaolin, feldspar, quartz, and clay. It is created using a two-ore firing process.
1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
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Ridgway Rare Early Drabware Basket & Stand
By Ridgway Porcelain
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare antique English Georgian early Ridgway hand painted drabware twin handled fruit basket and matching stand dating from around 1802. Made at the Cauldon Place Works the bas...
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Decorative Baskets

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Clay

English Garniture of 3 Vases, Empire Style, Provenance G.Godden, 1810-1815
By Ridgway Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This is a spectacular garniture of three vases made by an English factory between 1810 and 1815. The vases are made in the French Empire style with heavily gilded Egyptian caryatid s...
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Antique 1810s English Regency Vases

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Porcelain

Ridgway Bone China 'Egyptomania' Pattern No. 135 Dinner Plate
By Ridgway Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine English bone china dinner sized plate. By Ridgway. In the No. 135 'Egyptomania' pattern. With black and gold Egyptian inspired decoration with red accents on a white ground...
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20th Century English Egyptian Revival Porcelain

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Ceramic, Porcelain

William IVth John Ridgway PAIR Porcelain Plates Hand Painted Botanical, Ca 1830
By Ridgway Porcelain
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful pair of very decorative, Porcelain Botanical plates by John Ridgway, of Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, England, dating to the William IVth period of th...
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Antique Early 19th Century English William IV Ceramics

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Porcelain

Ridgeway Blue Willow 19 Piece Serving Set
By Ridgway Porcelain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This serving set has a large serving or vegetable bowl. There are six soup or serving bowls. There are six cereal bowls and six desert plates. There is a ...
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Vintage 1920s English Country Tableware

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Pottery

Homemaker Pattern Plate, Designed by Enid Seeney for the Ridgway Potteries
By Ridgway Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
Homemaker pattern plate, designed by Enid Seeney for the Ridgway Potteries (Stoke-on-Trent), 1960's. Diameter: 7 inches. Mark: Printed oval mark with Homemaker in the center ...
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Pottery

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Pottery

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