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wince for pit fired porcelain?....what do you call it then? fragile!

updated fri 21 jan 00

 

I.Lewis on thu 20 jan 00

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Antoinette said

=3CIn fact one have to bisque higher to get better strength. When you touch =
it you
can feel that you deal with a fragile but wonderful medium.=3E

No argument with what Antoinette says but a comment on the idea of =
fragility. A
long time ago an English pottery which was famous for its work, which may =
have
been Bone China or Porcelain but it was vitrified (china) had an =
advertisement
which showed an elephant standing on cups and saucers.

Ivor