Fun Fact about Porcelain and Piglets
Found on Facebook..... "I just today discovered the derivation of the word 'porcelain'. When Marco Polo reported of China's white, smooth and durable clay, the only object he could compare it to was conch shells, which the Italians nicknamed little piglets. Little piglets in Italian is Porcellana. " Not entirely trusting of anything found on the internet, I dug sligthly deeper, and found additional supporting evidence, and while I am sure there is more to the story, another layer is added as to why the pig?: |
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