Forms. These are diversified. Cylindrical, globular or spheroidal, egg-shaped or ovoid; apple-shaped or pomiform, pear-shaped or pyriform; cubical, hexagonal, etc.
Glaze. The composition used for coating porcelain or pottery. It literally means covering with glass or any vitrifiable substance having similar properties.
Grand Feu. The kiln at its greatest heat in which the clays were acted upon so as to produce porcelain or pottery. The decoration was often fixed in the "petit feu," or muffle kiln. The hard firing, when less than the maximum heat was required, was done in the "demi-grand feu."
Graviata. This name is given to patterns traced or cut on the porcelain or on the enamel.
"Hundred Antiques." A form of decoration, consisting of utensils, symbols, vases, &c., called "po-ku."
Kaolin. Porcelain or china clay, derived from the decomposition of granite rocks.
Kiln. "Grand feu" first baking, temperature about 4717° Fahrenheit. "Demi-grand feu" for fixing colours which could bear intense heat which were applied before glazing. More delicate enamel colours were applied for firing in the "petit feu" or muffle kiln.
Mandarin. A term applied to Chinese porcelain decorated with a certain class of figure subjects.
Mice China has ornament, in high relief, of the branches, leaves, and fruit of the vine, with squirrels or foxes, so-called mice, also in relief. It is Mandarin eighteenth century as a rule.
Moulds. These are used for figures and for the various ornaments which are fixed upon the piece.