Antique Soft Paste

aesthetic impact. However, the superb quality of the soft-paste porcelain itself plays an important role

, and yellow—are used in bold, contrasting designs. Made of soft paste porcelain, giving them a slightly

dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate tendre) was fired at a lower temperature and was thus

Stunning French Sevres Soft Paste Porcelain and Ormolu with Twin Handles modelled as Lions heads

are a testament to the high quality of soft-paste porcelain and decoration achieved by the Worcester

for hard-paste porcelain (pate dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate tendre) was fired at a lower

Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably

, three-dimensional volume against the warm, creamy-white ground of the soft-paste porcelain. The

is a soft blue green, described as the "water of the Nile". The clean white centres are

light glaze that gives it a soft, luminous quality. The reverse bears a Worcester workman’s mark in

porcelain (pate dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate tendre) was fired at a lower temperature and was

. The early wares were soft-paste porcelain with bodies that contained soaprock, commonly called

for hard-paste porcelain (pate dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate tendre) was fired at a lower

European metalwork or soft-paste porcelain (like Sèvres). Today, these versatile pieces are highly sought

ample supply of kaolin, a required ingredient for hard-paste porcelain (pate dure), their soft-paste

ample supply of kaolin, a required ingredient for hard-paste porcelain (pate dure), their soft-paste

ample supply of kaolin, a required ingredient for hard-paste porcelain (pate dure), their soft-paste

dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate tendre) was fired at a lower temperature and was thus

Early 19th Century Sunderland Pink Lustre Huge Nautical Decorated Jug, circa 1820, a soft paste

. The early wares were soft-paste porcelain with bodies that contained soaprock, commonly called

early wares were soft-paste porcelain with bodies that contained soaprock, commonly called soapstone in

Decoration: Hand-painted cornflower sprigs and garlands with gilt borders Material: Soft-paste porcelain

ingredient for hard-paste porcelain (pate dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate tendre) was fired at a

kaolin, a required ingredient for hard-paste porcelain (pate dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate

kaolin, a required ingredient for hard-paste porcelain (pate dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate

CROWN DERBY (William Duesbury II period) - Imari Pattern - Exceptional large assembled early soft

factories, producing high-quality soft-paste porcelain inspired by Meissen and Sèvres. By the late 1760s

porcelain artistry but also the individual contributions of its craftsmen (Gilhespy, 1965). Materials: Soft

porcelain is a hybrid of hard paste and soft paste, before bone china (which is purely soft paste) became

dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate tendre) was fired at a lower temperature and was thus

producing a type of soft paste frit-porcelain around 1745. The Sevres Porcelain Factory was originally

ingredient for hard-paste porcelain (pate dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate tendre) was fired at a

supply of kaolin, a required ingredient for hard-paste porcelain (pate dure), their soft-paste porcelain

was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably the very

. The Bow Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and

of green, purple, and turquoise. Chelsea porcelain is soft-paste porcelain with a unique and charming

Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably

of wine), dating to circa 1785. This piece is a direct and meticulous Chinese copy of an English soft

dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate tendre) was fired at a lower temperature and was thus

make soft paste porcelain, and most probably the very first to use bone ash, which later got perfected

service consists of a soft-paste porcelain base, with a bold blue underglaze lobed border, with gilt

ingredient for hard-paste porcelain (pate dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate tendre) was fired at a

striking combination of paste stones and onyx. The contrast between the deep black onyx and the softly

Beautiful antique sterling silver lavalier necklace with white and soft amethyst paste stones

technique of putting together soft-paste ancient glass and hardsones, such as porphyry and serpentine, is

dure), their soft-paste porcelain (pate tendre) was fired at a lower temperature and was thus

, founded by Ambrose Gallimore and Thomas Turner. It produced very fine soft-paste porcelain made for the

body is clearly 19th Century soft-paste porcelain with a shiny finish. Condition Report: The tray

the three graces. Mettlach Phanolith items were translucent and made of soft-paste porcelain in the

quality porcelains around; for a soft-paste porcelain it is surprisingly hard and fine, and has a

a soft-paste porcelain it is surprisingly hard and Fine, and has a wonderful bright white colour

produced in hard-paste porcelain, while many of the originals would have been produced from soft-paste

porcelaine at Sèvres, where he brought new life to the manufacture of small sculptures in unglazed soft-paste

production of soft paste, for which the factory had been famous in the previous century, was abandoned in

figural object in an elite domestic setting. The unmarked base and the soft porcelain paste are

soft- and hard-paste porcelain, supplying Europe’s elite and serving as a key diplomatic gift of the

Soft white paste, circa 1784-1803. Piece of tender pasta with wavy edges used to hold the tops of