The ABC of collecting old English china, giving short history of the English factories, and showing how to apply tests for unmarked china before 1800 (1908)
Blacker, J. F · London : London Opinion Curio Club · leaf 13
hat we have learnt previously, we gather that trueporcelain required a very fierce heat, about 1,350 degrees to 1,450 degrees Centigrade, and artificial porcelainEnamel would be fused into a shapeless mass at this temperature. So that enamel colours appliedto hard paste china were melted and burnt… … Bow^—Soft Paste. you pass your fingers around a hard Oriental piece with decorationin these colours you will feel them easily enough. The fact thatsuch colours are sometimes removed by wear is due to the lowertemperature at which they are applied. The Chinese burnt theirenamels in at a very high…
Pottery -- England · Collectors and collecting
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