One sign of this was the appearance of fine glass and Meissen porcelain in, for example, "The Jar of Apricots" and "The Butler's Table".
The fungus produces the natural antibiotic strobilurin A, which was reported as a novel compound from this species in 1977; other strobilurins have since been found in other basidiomycete wood-rotting fungi, like Porcelain Mushroom for example.
Porcelain or ceramic tile, for example, "didn't meet marketing criteria," Mr. Albanese said.
Mr. Paine says local initiatives may encourage state manufacturers to centralize, placing porcelain and glass enamel, for example, or pewter and engraving, in the same building, preferably at a crossroads like Hartford, Danbury or Mystic.
Unlike Christie's South Kensington, which has separate departments in each location, Sotheby's plans to move some of its departments -- for example, porcelain -- that deal primarily in lower-priced goods.
By coincidence they apply also to the physical properties of the two substances: for example, soft porcelain can be cut with a file, whereas hard porcelain cannot.
It can be cut with a file, for example, whereas true porcelain cannot, and dirt accumulated on an unglazed base can be removed only with difficulty, if at all, whereas it is easily removed from true porcelain.
Early forms of bronze altar vessels, for example, are found in porcelain in the 18th and 19th centuries, slightly altered in profile but still recognizable.
When, in 1988, Koons wanted to cast a life-size porcelain sculpture of Michael Jackson and a monkey, for example, Ileana suggested manufacturers in Europe.
