is it they originated in china or what
2006-09-06 03:51:16 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dining Out ➔ Other - Dining Out
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2006-09-06 04:17:48 · update #1
English pottery always used to be earthenware. This is the stuff you get from the local pottery. It's made with a heavy clay and is quite strong.
In China, they had porcelain which is a type of ceramic more closely related to glass than earthenware. It's lightweight and translucent. It was extremely popular in Europe but very expensive so English potters tried to come up with a cheaper homebrew product. Their best effort was a lightweight pottery they called china after the country that Porcelain comes from.
2006-09-06 03:59:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were originally made of china clay, but they did come from China some people say first.
2006-09-07 06:49:02 · answer #2 · answered by frankmilano610 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cups and saucers are usually refered as china as they are made out of china
2006-09-06 03:52:34 · answer #3 · answered by Snow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a child, I was told that these things were invented in China but I don't know if this is true or not. One thing I know is that Europe imported a lot of china from China in the olden days. You will find evidence of this in major European museums.
2006-09-07 05:13:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This wa because the way in which the pottery or "china" was made, was first discovered surprisingly enough in China, by I believe Marco Polo who brought some back whilst on his travels across the Silk Road.
2006-09-06 03:53:20 · answer #5 · answered by ireland_wins_quidditch_world_cup 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The items are made out of china clay which is found in naturally in the ground in england
2006-09-06 04:12:04 · answer #6 · answered by james 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they were originally made of white china clay, some still are
2006-09-06 03:52:56 · answer #7 · answered by philipscottbrooks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is because the fine pottery ware that some people like the wedgewoods make some cups and sauces is china clay which is more expensive than other clays.
2006-09-06 03:52:54 · answer #8 · answered by Bebe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I purely use a mug. it is all we've in the living house (aside from the little coffee cups and saucers we've been given as quickly as we married and have used approximately thrice!!). i admire the assumption of a cup and saucer although; this is subtle, yet regrettably it is a few thing i'm no longer......
2016-10-14 09:25:28 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the substance they are made out of is called china
2006-09-06 03:52:07 · answer #10 · answered by Cj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋