Biscuit or Bisque
In ceramics, pottery or porcelain fired without the application of a glaze. The method was introduced by Jean Jacques Bachelier about 1753 at the Vincennes-Sevres works in France. By omitting glaze and color, a resemblance to white marble was achieved. Modelers also sought to imitate the sharp modeling that could be obtained in carving marble. The process was used largely for modeling figures, the first of which were created in Vincennes in the early 1750’s. Biscuit ware produced at Vincennes and later at Sevres was especially noted for its fineness of grain and smooth finish. The illustration is The Little Dead Bird made in 1770 at the Bellevue manufactory. (more…)
