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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 62039, member: 50&quot;]Looking at yours it&#039;s a bit hard to tell as they almost look like a white stoneware. I&#039;ll give you a little archaeologist&#039;s trick for telling the difference in sherds you might try.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both porcelain and stoneware are fired very hot and the clays vitrify and become non-porous (mostly) while pottery is fired at a lower temp and doesn&#039;t vitrify so remains a little porous.</p><p><br /></p><p>So here is the trick, if you have an unglazed portion, touch it to your tongue. If it sticks a little it&#039;s pottery, if it doesn&#039;t stick at all it&#039;s either porcelain or stoneware. (usually)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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