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Porcelain - The Best of Chinese
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Among different types of ceramic, porcelain is one of the most beautiful and expensive Chinese-made ceramic. Though it has been firstly made by Chinese, later it spread all over Europe and many people started making it. In this article you will learn more about porcelain.
Although many of the imitations resembled porcelain at first glance, all of them were made of soft-paste clays.
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What You Need to Know about Greek and Roman Ceramic
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Ceramic has come from a long history of time. With human being has more knowledge and advanced equipment, people start making the development in ceramic making. In this article you will learn the history of ceramic from the Greek time until Roman time.
First to make extensive use of molds were the Greeks, who also developed the use of naturalistic painted decoration.
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Types of Stones and Their Characteristics
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There are some jade and stones that we know very less about them. The natives of New Zealand sometimes use these stones for making figures of human and even articles like axe-head. These stones had never failed to surprise and delight the craftsmen and collectors alike.
Jade and other stones
STONES from comparatively hard jade to the aptly named soapstone have always presented a challenge to the craftsman.
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The History of Pewter and Paktong
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These pewter and paktong metals are usually lesser-known metals that were used to make things before they were replaced by pottery and porcelain. Pewter is an alloy of tin with small additions of lead and other metals. And paktong is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, which resembles silver.
Pewter
Pewter is an alloy of tin with small additions of lead and other metals.
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The History of Brass Metals
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Making of articles and figures from the brass metal probably dates back to the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Some of the things that were made with brass are candlesticks, dishes of various sizes, chandeliers
Brass
The most popular surviving form of brassware is probably the domestic candlestick. These were made usually in pairs, and are rarely older than the middle of the seventeenth century.
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