Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by composition]
6. inorganic material
7. clay
8. [clay by product]
9. [ceramic and ceramic by product]
10. ceramic (material)
11. porcelain (material)

Anotations

Scope note:

Variety of porcelain material comprising a soft or hard paste, white, fine, and vitreous, often resembling statuary marble; developed in England in the 1840s and used for figurines, especially dolls, and for art objects, ornament, and tableware. For unglazed porcelain or earthenware that has been fired only once and used for similar types of objects, but producing a grainy texture, use "biscuit (porcelain, material)."