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VITREOUS WARE [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Porcelain and Fine Ceramics
CONT

All the fine English ware is china, but ... the vitreous ware is almost entirely hard porcelain.

CONT

Porcelain bodies ... are relatively non-plastic and fire between cone 8 and cone 12, to an extremely hard, vitreous ware.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Porcelaines
CONT

Le vitreous china est utilisé dans la fabrication de la vaisselle hôtelière et dans l'industrie des produits sanitaires. Il est cuit en monocuisson entre 1 260 et 1 320°.

CONT

Une autre qualité de produits préparés avec une pâte appelée vitreous china qui correspond à une porcelaine.

CONT

Les porcelaines vitreous placées dans la série des produits vitrifiés entre le grès et la porcelaine; leur mode de cuisson en font des produits intermédiaires entre la faïence fine et la porcelaine.

Spanish

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