5. Bone China

Bone China is made from a paste of china clay, Cornish stone and animal bone ash. The ingredients are heated until becoming vitrified, when the paste melts or fuses together like glass. A hard white ceramic porcelain material is created, this allows some light to pass through it.




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Minton bone china vase, Minton/GB, c. 1830 (SPA)