Artificial soft paste porcelain : France, Italy, Spain and England . in gold or overglaze colours. A plate in the Museum collec-tion, with blue decorations, bears this mark in blue beneath the glaze(see No. 21). Tournay porcelain was made by fritting together sand and car-bonate of soda, to which was added clay marl and chalk, resultingin a body apparently more porous than that of Mennecy, Chantilly,or Sevres. Some of the best pieces were finely executed, among thedecorative colours being an iron red and a purplish rose. Later, the Tournay porcelain showed the influence of Sevres, bothin forms
Artificial soft paste porcelain : France, Italy, Spain and England . in gold or overglaze colours. A plate in the Museum collec-tion, with blue decorations, bears this mark in blue beneath the glaze(see No. 21). Tournay porcelain was made by fritting together sand and car-bonate of soda, to which was added clay marl and chalk, resultingin a body apparently more porous than that of Mennecy, Chantilly,or Sevres. Some of the best pieces were finely executed, among thedecorative colours being an iron red and a purplish rose. Later, the Tournay porcelain showed the influence of Sevres, bothin forms and decoration, in its ground colours and gilding. Tournay paste when held up to a strong light has a distinctly green-ish tint. The best ware is slightly lighter in colour than the commonvariety. In this paste the grease spots are abundant. ORLEANS. From 1753 until 1770 soft paste porcelain was produced at characteristics are a vitreous and translucent body and brilliantglaze. Table services were made to some extent and a limited numberof In the Sevres Museum. 20. Pate Tendre Tureen (13 inches in length).Plateau (18 inches in length).Sevres, France, 1773.
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