soft paste

noun

any of a variety of artificial porcelains, usually incorporating glass or glass ingredients.

soft paste

1. artificial porcelain made from clay, bone ash, etc
2. ( as modifier )
  softpaste porcelain

C19: from paste ¹(in the sense: the mixture from which porcelain is made); so called because of its consistency

And it's a Lowestoft, too, the real thing—the genuine, true soft paste!

A manufactory of soft paste porcelain was founded at Bristol about 1750.

The porcelain was of soft paste, and in 1902 fragments of it and moulds were found on the site of the factory.

Moisten it with milk to a soft paste and half fill patty pans with the mixture.

After 1810 soft paste was used, and the mark then was New Hall, in a circle.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

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