The European name, porcelain in English, comes from the old Italian porcellana (cowrie shell) because of its resemblance to the surface of the shell...
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Met "300 Years of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory", MAK Le Vie della Porcellana tra Vienna e Firenze, press release Frick, 1 Wikimedia Commons has media...
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Porcelain see G. Cora and A. Fanfani, La porcellana dei Medici (Milan) 1986. G. Cora and A. Fanfani, La porcellana dei Medici (Milan) 1986. Giuseppe Liverani...
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Typically the body is first fired in a kiln to convert it into a hard porous biscuit or bisque. Underglaze decoration may then be applied, followed by glaze...
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Charles reigned as King of Naples and Sicily. A similar factory, the Porcellana di Capodimonte, had been established by the royal couple in Naples. Maria...
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Camisano (Cremona) in 2003 M. Parenti, Un’arte italiana che risorge: la porcellana statuaria di Luigi Fabris, La Rinascita, A.V. (October–November 1927)...
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