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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 12070, member: 90&quot;]Greg, you may have not been misled. Although production of soft-paste porcelain came to end in the 18th century some potteries did continue to create decorative items in soft-paste in the 19th century but it was very limited. It is more likely, however, that the items were made of terraglia, a semi-porcelain (terre-de-pipe in French), consisting of some imported kaolin clay mixed with native clays.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silverthwait, Johann Friedricih Bottiger of the Meissen factory is generally credited with unlocking the secret of Porcelain in 1720, however, several other alchemist, including Tschimhsaus, are named as possible or even probable inventor. The European history of porcelain reads like a fantastic spy novel filled with intrigue, deception, kidnapping, internments, fortunes won and lost.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to your excellent question concerning the color of Lenox China the company makes it Bone China in both White and Ivory. The ivory color is created by adding pigments to the slurry (liquified clay) during the creation of the porcelain recipe. Note that I called it Bone China. Lenox is one of the few companies still producing Bone China. By law in order to be called Bone China it must contain at least 40 percent, by volume, animal bone ash.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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