Hamersley Spode Group Tea Cup & Saucer-FBC- Made in England Set of 2

Description

How to Identify Bone China and Porcelain
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Simply place the item in front of a light, if you can see through it...it is fine bone china, and of course if it is stamped as such.
A little history:
Bone china is a type of porcelain that is composed of bone ash, feldspathic material, and kaolin. It has been defined as "ware with a translucent body" containing a minimum of 30% of phosphate derived from animal bone and calculated calcium phosphate. Bone china is the strongest of the porcelain or china ceramics, having very high mechanical and physical strength and chip resistance, and is known for its high levels of whiteness and translucency. Its high strength allows it to be produced in thinner cross-sections than other types of porcelain. Like stoneware it is vitrified, but is translucent due to differing mineral properties.
In the mid-18th century, English potters had not succeeded in making hard-paste porcelain (as made in East Asia and Meissen porcelain) but found bone ash a useful addition to their soft-paste porcelain mixtures, giving strength. This became standard at the Bow porcelain factory in London (operating from around 1747), and spread to some other English factories. The modern product was developed by the Staffordshire potter Josiah Spode in the early 1790s. Spode included kaolin, so his formula, sometimes called "Staffordshire bone-porcelain", was effectively hard-paste, but stronger, and versions were adopted by all the major English factories by around 1815.
From its initial development and up to the latter part of the 20th century, bone china was almost exclusively an English product, with production being effectively localized in Stoke-on-Trent.  Most major English firms made or still make it, including Spode, and Worcester, Royal Crown Derby, Royal Doulton, and Wedgwood, Minton's. In the 20th century it began to be made elsewhere, especially in USSR, Leningrad (ЛФЗ), China and Japan, and China is now the world's largest manufacturer.
Ideas for tea cups other than the love of collecting them...
Gifts for....
Brides Maids
Maid of Honor
Shower Gift for bride
Shower game gifts
Mothers Day
Easter
Christmas
House Warming Gift
Secretary's Day
Birthdays
Sweetest Day
Get Well Soon Gift
Addition to a Gift Basket
We call them Tea Cups by nature however, many have always used them as coffee cups as well.
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