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Definition of bone china
: translucent white china made with bone ash or calcium phosphate and characterized by whiteness
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Recent Examples on the Web What differentiates bone china from all other ceramic materials is that it’s made out of an element that was once living.
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Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, "This Restaurant Follows a Whole-Animal Philosophy...Meaning Even the Tableware Is Made From the Animals on Its Menu," 4 Feb. 2020 Woodland bird and animal watercolor drawings are printed on fine bone china.
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Washington Post, "RIGHT AT HOME: Design and décor with British flair," 30 Oct. 2019 There have been sterling silver protractors, and tin cans, and even a greenhouse, as well as bone china to-go coffee cups in Tiffany blue.
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Reed Krakoff, Town & Country, "Tiffany & Co. Wants to Change the Rules of How to Wear a Diamond," 27 Nov. 2018 Tablewear is made in unique materials, such as fine bone china, crystal, and porcelain.
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Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, "Bringing Home Blumarine," 30 Apr. 2010 Each of these pieces is crafted of English fine bone china.
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Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, "Princess Eugenie's Wedding China Reveals an Interesting Detail About Her Royal Monogram," 28 Sep. 2018 Moist ribs plopped on a Chinet plate are still light years better than Escargot on bone China with a perfectly symmetrical drizzle of parsley butter.
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Andy Staples, SI.com, "Turnaround Artist Dave Clawson and Wake Forest Are Cooking With Gas Now," 4 June 2018 Sure, some of us guests hanker for the bone china and starched white linen.
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James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, "5 beer snacks you can make at home to impress your drinking buddies," 17 May 2018 Queen Elizabeth drinks Earl Grey from a bone china cup and would probably be aghast at the commoners who add milk.
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Zahra Pettican, Bon Appetit, "11 Positively British Snacks to Order Online Before the Royal Wedding," 8 May 2018
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The first known use of bone china was in 1824
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