"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and souls of its people..." - Mahatma Gandhi
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Dutch Blue Delftware
The main difference between China porcelain and Holland Porcelain is in fact there is no porcelain at all. That is because porcelain requires china clay, also called kaolin, which is not found in the Netherlands. That is the reason why Delftware factories introduced imitation porcelain products made of Dutch clay. They aimed to copy the Chinese product as close as they could. And not without success, because their sophisticated, luxurious earthenware products were widely considered the best alternative to genuine exported porcelain.
The main difference between China porcelain and Holland Porcelain is in fact there is no porcelain at all. That is because porcelain requires china clay, also called kaolin, which is not found in the Netherlands. That is the reason why Delftware factories introduced imitation porcelain products made of Dutch clay. They aimed to copy the Chinese product as close as they could. And not without success, because their sophisticated, luxurious earthenware products were widely considered the best alternative to genuine exported porcelain.
That is how Delftware factories became the low-cost warehouses of the Golden Age with an enormous impact on the Dutch way of life.
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