Does bone china really have bones in it?

Question

I just wanna know, because if it does that's kind of gross.

Answer 1

I don't know, but what a great question!

Answer 2

No it's made with dried tofu and fig leaves.

Answer 3

All those chicken bones ????????

Answer 4

Yes, traditionally it is made from ox bone.The bone used is apparently what makes the china strong and translucent.

There are companies now making bone china from synthetic ash though.

Answer 5

They use ox bones, so stop trying to serve me dinner on them. :-)

Answer 6

no it means Bone White

Answer 7

Yes!  Bone china is a type of porcelain body first developed in Britain in which calcined ox bone (bone ash) is a major constituent. It is characterized by high whiteness, translucency and strength. Production usually involves a two stage firing where the first, bisque, is without a glaze at 1280 °C (2336 °F), which gives a translucent product and then glaze, or glost, fired at a lower temperature below 1080 °C (1976 °F).

Answer 8

yes, ox bone

Answer 9

Bone is the just the name for the color....I think.....I hope!!! You can also get eggshell white paint, though that's more to do with the texture I guess  Frankly I'd prefer that the name colors after nice things...flowers and stuff, like orchid and Lilly.. They should name a shade of white after me, I'm as white as they come. Joey White, sounds tasteful. Plus I am a nice thing.

Good question by the way,

have a silver star of interest. :)

S**t it's true, I checked the dictionary.

AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY

bone china

–noun a fine, naturally white china made with bone ash.

Answer 10

Not bones per se, but a white ash derived from bones. So the answer is yes.