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<p>[QUOTE="wiscbirddog, post: 4281213, member: 125"]It is NOT bisque porcelain. Far too porous and coarse.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is earthenware.</p><p><br /></p><p>From Britannica: Porcelain, vitrified <a href="https://www.britannica.com/art/pottery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/art/pottery" rel="nofollow">pottery</a> with a white, fine-grained body that is usually translucent, as distinguished from <a href="https://www.britannica.com/art/earthenware" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/art/earthenware" rel="nofollow">earthenware</a>, which is porous, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opaque" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opaque" rel="nofollow">opaque</a>, and coarser.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wiscbirddog, post: 4281213, member: 125"]It is NOT bisque porcelain. Far too porous and coarse. It is earthenware. From Britannica: Porcelain, vitrified [URL='https://www.britannica.com/art/pottery']pottery[/URL] with a white, fine-grained body that is usually translucent, as distinguished from [URL='https://www.britannica.com/art/earthenware']earthenware[/URL], which is porous, [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opaque']opaque[/URL], and coarser.[/QUOTE]
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