CROCKERY.
(Sent in by Dorothy Calvey, Gisbornc.)
Have you ever noticed the pretty patterns on cups, saucers and plates? Some are even painted on by hand, and yet you can scrape and wash them in boiling water and the colours still stay on. Do you know why? When a piece of crockery is made it goes through a process of having the pattern either stamped on or painted. This is done with a special paint, and it is then put into an oven and rebaked. This burns the painting into the clay. The glazing is then put on; this is a special preparation which, when . again baked, gives the cup or saucer its high gloss.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 2, 3 January 1934, Page 12
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115CROCKERY. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 2, 3 January 1934, Page 12
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