2-645-897 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Porcelain Knife Handles', 1912. Antique knife handles made of Porcelain. A ceramic material made by heating materials, to high temperatures. The toughness, strength and translucence of porcelain, arises mainly from vitrification and the formation of the mineral mullite within the body at these high temperatures. From The Connoisseur Vol XXXIII. [ Otto Limited, London, 1912]