French: Biscuit de porcelaineEnglish translation: porcelain bisque 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | Biscuit de porcelaine | | English translation: | porcelain bisque | | Entered by: | Parrot |
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Tech/Engineering - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | | French term or phrase: Biscuit de porcelaine | another item in the museum exposition:
Paire de petits bustes représentant Louis XV et la reine Marie Leszczinska. La finesse du biscuit en écho à la délicatesse des arts décoratifs du XVIIIe siècle. Biscuit de porcelaine, socle doré à l'or fin. h.11 cm
Is there another meaning to 'biscuit' other than the edible kind?
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| | | bisque | Explanation:
The first firing of ceramic clay (without glaze) is referred to as bisque. The temperature used is lower than glaze firing (ordinarily 800ºC but this varies with clay type) and the finish is a mellow light ochre or salmon pink. |
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 Parrot
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| biscuit porcelain
Explanation:
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biscuit signifie cuit 2 fois de bis=latin pour 2 et cuit et tout ce qui est cuit 2 fois ne se mange pas!!!!!!!
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| Albert Golub
France
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Explanation:
bisque
biscuit
biscuit ware
Any of the three options lister above can be used. Below please see one search result, which addresses your point:
Bisque is a type of porcelain which is fired twice (this is the meaning
of the French word "biscuit de porcelaine or bis-cuit, ie "twice cooked") in ...
www.dolledup.com/mundia_dolls/creation_1.htm
Please also consider some definitions of "bisque", which I found in Webster's:
bisque
1. (= biscuit) Ceram. unglazed earthenware or porcelain after firing
2. (= biscuit ware) vitreous china that is left unglazed.
Hope that this helps you,
Best regards,
Artyan
Electronic dictionaries and web search.
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| bisque porcelain or biscuit porcelain
Explanation:
1. bisque = unglazed porcelain, also known as biscuit.
as in:
2. "Centerpieces, for example, were furnished with temples and parterres (a type of formal flower garden) made of biscuit, or unglazed, porcelain..."
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3. "Some vases combined both glazed and and biscuit porcelain..."
1. Huon Mallalieu - Illustrated History of Antiques. (Glossary)
2 & 3. The Bulfinch Anatomy of Antique China and Silver.
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| bisque
Explanation:
The first firing of ceramic clay (without glaze) is referred to as bisque. The temperature used is lower than glaze firing (ordinarily 800ºC but this varies with clay type) and the finish is a mellow light ochre or salmon pink.
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| Parrot
Spain
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