8 sentences with 'porcelain'

Example sentences and phrases with the word porcelain and other words derived from it.

• « The lamp was on the nightstand. It was a beautiful white porcelain lamp. »

• « The fragility of the porcelain doll was such that I feared it would break just by touching it. »

• « Spices were worth far more than their weight in gold, and Chinese goods such as porcelain were also highly prized. »

• « As they had always done, Europeans desperately wanted luxury goods from the East, including spices, silks and porcelain. »

• « In a porcelain container, my grandparents carried water from a pump at the foot of the hill to the combined kitchen, bathroom and living room. »

• « When he finished, he would take the little porcelain Buddha out of Aunt Ada's glass case and let me stroke the figurine's belly for good luck. »

• « On the positive side, maritime trade between East and West expanded. As crusaders experienced the feel of silk, the taste of spices and the usefulness of porcelain, the desire for these products created new markets for merchants. »

• « During the Crusades (1095-1291), Europeans developed an appetite for the spices, silk, porcelain, sugar and other luxury goods of the East, for which they traded furs, timber and the Slavs they captured and sold (hence the word slave). »

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8 sentences with 'porcelain'

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