Walnut shells made from stoneware English fine bone china with a mother of pearl interior - iridescent
Handmade and very delicate and very strong in stoneware.
A small edition of small walnut shells have been created with fine bone china and finished with a mother of pearl interior.
Very thin, light and translucent.
So light they actually float in water!
They look great as a group and when they rock side to side and touch each other the sound they make is like little bells!
5cm x 3cm and 1.5cm high approximately.
As each item is handmade each finish is slightly different.
*please note the listing is for one walnut shell only*
Bone China is porcelaneous body that contains calcium carbonate. This gives the ware strength and whitens it. One difference between porcelain and bone china is the whiteness of bone china.True bone china is almost snow-white. Another is the translucence of bone china: holding it to a light with your hand behind the china should reveal the shadow of your hand. Porcelain will not do so. Bone china was invented in England in the late eighteenth century, and was apparently superior in strength, translucency, thinness, and whiteness to the porcelain then being produced in Europe.If you compare bone china with all other types of porcelain you will notice the difference immediately. The body of most porcelain has an off-white greyish cast, except for some American china which is ivory colored. True bone china is almost snow-white. Bone China is far more expensive than porcelain as it has superior qualities mentioned above.