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soft-paste porcelain

noun

Definition of soft-paste porcelain

: a translucent ceramic ware fired at a low temperature that was produced in Europe during the 16th through 18th centuries in imitation of hard-paste porcelain; also : an article of soft-paste porcelain

First Known Use of soft-paste porcelain

1854

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