Editing Porcelain (section)

=== Bone china ===
{{Main|Bone china}}
Although originally developed in England in 1748<ref name=strumpf>{{cite book|last=Strumpf|first=Faye|title=Limoges boxes: A complete guide|year=2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RKaRJHFUK-wC|publisher=Krause Publications|location=Iola, WI|isbn=978-0-87341-837-9|page=125|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202180418/https://books.google.com/books?id=RKaRJHFUK-wC|archive-date=2017-12-02}}</ref> to compete with imported porcelain, [[bone china]] is now made worldwide, including in China. The English had read the letters of [[Jesuit]] missionary [[François Xavier d'Entrecolles]], which described Chinese porcelain manufacturing secrets in detail.<ref name=burton>{{cite book|last=Burton|first=William|pages=18–19|title=Porcelain, Its Nature, Art and Manufacture|location=London|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924089530079#page/n31/mode/2up|year=1906}}</ref> One writer has speculated that a misunderstanding of the text could possibly have been responsible for the first attempts to use bone-ash as an ingredient in English porcelain,<ref name=burton /> although this is not supported by modern researchers and historians.<ref>''Science Of Early English Porcelain''. Freestone I C. Sixth Conference and Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society. Extended Abstracts. Vol.1 Brighton, 20–24 June 1999, pg.11-17</ref><ref>''The Special Appeal Of Bone China''. Cubbon R C P.Tableware Int. 11, (9), 30, 1981</ref><ref>''All About Bone China''. Cubbon R C P. Tableware Int. 10, (9), 34, 1980</ref><ref>''Spode's Bone China – Progress In Processing Without Compromise In Quality''. George R T; Forbes D; Plant P. Ceram. Ind. 115, (6), 32, 1980</ref><ref>''An Introduction To The Technology Of Pottery''. Paul Rado. Institute of Ceramics & Pergamon Press, 1988</ref>

Traditionally, English bone china was made from two parts of [[bone ash]], one part of [[kaolin]], and one part of [[china stone]], although the latter has been replaced by feldspars from non-UK sources.<ref>Changes & Developments Of Non-plastic Raw Materials. Sugden A. International Ceramics Issue 2 2001.</ref>