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by Mira Lash  

Hard paste porcelain is a high quality porcelain that was first developed in China and later used in Europe. This hard paste Limoges porcelain uses the clay called Kaolin. Kaolin Limoges clay is translucent, durable, nonporous and pure white. Kaolin consists mainly of silicon oxide and aluminum oxide, with a low content of iron oxide and other metallic oxides.

White-firing China clay, an essential ingredient of Chinese and French porcelain. Limoges porcelain is a special kind of pottery made with the clay Kaolin that is hardened by heating. It consists mainly of silicon oxide and aluminum oxide, with a low content of iron oxide and other metallic oxides. Limoges porcelain combines a very fine, pure, white clay (kaolin) with pulverized feldspar and quartz. The milling, sieving, and kneading of the clay is a laborious process. Limoges porcelain is often very translucent and consistently smooth in texture and often rings when it is struck.