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252: 31: 233: 42: 276: 291: 251: 215:(which is porcelain in Chinese terms), and also found in Ming dragons. Some Chinese pieces are described as "porcelain with polychrome enamels on the biscuit" – that is, using the normal "overglaze" technique on biscuit, but with no actual glaze, often a revivalist style evoking earlier 181:, meaning that they made separately as thin pieces, and stuck to the main blue body before firing. The plaques are framed like paintings; they were made between 1790 and 1795. The figure by the same factory illustrated here uses elements modelled in a coloured paste, and is all biscuit. 188:
uses, the lack of a shiny surface giving a strikingly different effect in the best examples. This rare technique is called "coloured biscuit", and is found from the 19th century onwards. As with 18th-century pieces painted over the glaze, the paint may peel if not well looked after.
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Biscuit figures have to be free from the common small imperfections that a glaze and painted decoration could cover up, and were therefore usually more expensive than glazed ones. They are also more difficult to keep clean.
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Small figurines and other decorative pieces have often been made in biscuit, as well as larger portrait busts and other sculptures; the appearance of biscuit is very similar to that of carved and smoothed
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in the 1770s and soon very popular all over Europe, is usually classed as stoneware rather than porcelain, but the style of using two contrasting colours of biscuit was sometimes used in porcelain. The
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in the 19th century, where the porcelain was typically tinted or painted in flesh tones. In the doll world, "bisque" is usually the term used, rather than "biscuit".
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Although the great majority of biscuit figures (other than dolls) are entirely in white, there are a number of ways of using colour in the technique.
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The museum is not entirely clear as to whether this was made as two pieces. The comparable British Museum George III figure was made as one piece.
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or that of other East Asian countries, but in Europe became very popular for figures in the second half of the 18th century, as
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decorated with 234 plaques in the style, with a "Wedgwood blue" ground and the design in white biscuit porcelain in low
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treated as a final product, with a matte appearance and texture to the touch. It has been widely used in European
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A piece could be made with some areas left as biscuit while others are glazed and enamelled in the usual way. A
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This part-glazing also occurs in other types of pottery, and for example is very common in the
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Biscuit porcelain could also be painted with unfired paint rather than the enamels normal
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technique often uses biscuit for at least one of the colours.
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A popular use for biscuit porcelain was the manufacture of
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Chinese zodiac figure, part biscuit, part coloured glazes
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Conservation and restoration of ancient Greek pottery
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dominated contemporary styles. It was first used at
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Index

Bisque porcelain

John the Baptist

Vienna porcelain
Joseph II of Austria
porcelain
pottery
tableware
glaze
biscuit
earthenware
terracotta
stoneware
jasperware
marble
Chinese porcelain
Neoclassicism
Vincennes porcelain
Jean-Jacques Bachelier
bisque dolls
Parian ware
Lithophanes
Wedgwood
Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro
Casita del Principe, El Escorial
relief
sprigs
overglaze decoration
Chelsea-Derby

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