The World of Porcelain Antiques

The World of Porcelain Antiques: "The Chinese were the first to invent porcelain a staggering 1000 years before the rest of Europe. Porcelain is actually made by heating a form of clay called kaolin and other minerals in a kiln to temperatures of between 1200 and 1400 C. Porcelain can be described as translucent and glassy. When held up to the light you can see through it. A common name for porcelain still to this day is ‘China’ which the West called it because China was the sole producers of it originally."... (Click on title link above to read entire article on porcelain antiques.) ...