"Elizabethan" fine bone china, cup and saucer

"Elizabethan". Fine bone china, Made in England.

Vintage Elizabethan cup and saucer with flower motif finished with gold border.

Bone china is a type of soft-paste porcelain that is composed of bone ash, feldspathic material, and kaolin. It has been defined as ware with a translucent body containing a minimum of 30% of phosphate derived from animal bone and calculated calcium phosphate.

Developed by English potter Josiah Spode, bone china is known for its high levels of whiteness and translucency, and very high mechanical strength and chip resistance.