(porcelain dishes)

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• porcelain — [pôr′sə lin, pôrs′lin] n. [Fr porcelaine < It porcellana, orig., a kind of shell < porcella, little pig, vulva (< L porcellus, dim. of porcus, pig, vulva): see FARROW1] 1. a hard, white, nonporous, translucent variety of ceramic ware,… …   English World dictionary

• porcelain — por|ce|lain [ pɔrs(ə)lın ] noun uncount a hard shiny white substance used for making expensive dishes, cups, decorations, etc.: a porcelain dinner service a. dishes, cups, decorations, etc. made from porcelain …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• porcelain — UK [ˈpɔː(r)s(ə)lɪn] / US [ˈpɔrs(ə)lɪn] noun [uncountable] a) a hard shiny white substance used for making expensive dishes, cups, decorations etc a porcelain dinner service b) dishes, cups, decorations etc made from porcelain …   English dictionary

• porcelain — [ˈpɔːs(ə)lɪn] noun [U] a hard shiny white substance that is used for making things such as dishes, cups, and decorations, or the things that are made from this substance …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Kraak porcelain — is a type of Chinese export porcelain produced mainly from the Wanli reign (1563 1620) until around 1640. It was among the first Chinese export ware to arrive in Europe in mass quantities, and was frequently featured in Dutch still life paintings …   Wikipedia

• Chelsea porcelain — Soft paste porcelain made in the London borough of Chelsea. The factory, established с 1743, produced its greatest wares tableware and bird figures, with designs inspired by Meissen porcelain and marked with a raised anchor on an oval medallion… …   Universalium

• Chinese export porcelain — Chinese blue and white export porcelain, with European scene and French inscription The Empire of virtue is established to the end of the Universe , Kangxi period, 1690 1700. Chinese export porcelain concerns a wide range of …   Wikipedia

• Royal Copenhagen porcelain — ▪ ware       ware produced by the Royal Porcelain Factory, Copenhagen, from 1775 to the present day. The factory was founded by a chemist, Frantz Heinrich Müller, who was given a 50 year monopoly. Three wavy lines, one above the other, were… …   Universalium

• Sandpainting — Rangoli, a popular form of Indian sandpainting, in Singapore. Sandpainting is the art of pouring colored sands, powdered pigments from minerals or crystals, and pigments from other natural or synthetic sources onto a surface to make a fixed, or… …   Wikipedia

• cauliflower ware — ▪ pottery  in pottery, creamware modelled and glazed in green and yellow to simulate a cauliflower, the term also applying to other fruit or vegetable forms. About 1760, William Greatbach undertook the potting and modelling, jobbed out to him by… …   Universalium

• Prince Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza — (born 12 January 1979) is a member of the Imperial Family of Brazil and heir to the leadership of the Petrópolis branch founded by his grandfather Prince Pedro Gastão. He was born in Petrópolis the son of Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans Braganza… …   Wikipedia