Did You Know.......?
WHAT'S THAT MADE OF?
PORCELAIN
Fine ground white clay, molded and fired in a oven for eight hours at 1200 degrees. Finished with a glazed, underglazed, or a "bisque" finish. Glazing produces a high gloss; underglaze produces a matte finish. Bisque is a matte finish without glaze. After finishing, the item is "cooked" for six hours at 800 degrees.
BONE CHINA
White clay with bone ash added. Bone ash content must be at least 25% by U.S. guidelines. Fired at 1800 degrees. The translucent material is finished with a glaze or underglaze (matte). Lighter, stronger, more expensive than porcelain.
STONEWARE
White clay with fine ground stone. Working with stoneware demands great expertise, and is in fact becoming a lost art. Stoneware is safe to use in microwave and conventional ovens.
ALABASTRITE
(POLYRESIN) a stone-based material; that can be intricately molded and will allow paint to adhere. Cold-cast. Clean by dusting or slightly damp cloth.
Do not wash with water or products.
FROSTED ACRYLIC
Acrylic items are given the "French Lilac" process, (used on glass), to achieve the distinctive frosted look. The drama of frosted glass without the weight.
GYPSUM
Gypsum is a white mineral which is usually used to make Plaster of Paris.
DOLOMITE
A magnesia-rich, sedimentary rock resembling limestone, dolomite is either
gray, pink or white in color.
GOLD
The ultimate precious metal. Virtually indestructible, amazingly malleable,
doesn't rust or tarnish.
Graded by purity; in the U.S. a scale of 24 is used, so 24 Karats (24K) is 100% pure.
18K is 18 parts gold and 6 parts alloy (other metals), and so on.
10K is the legal minimum for Karat-graded gold.
The word "Plumb" indicates the exact purity of the piece.
STERLING SILVER
To qualify as "sterling" a given piece must be composed of a least 92.5% pure silver.
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