What Is Ironstone? The Durable Heavy-Duty Ceramic Explained
Ironstone contains no iron and no stone. The name began as a Staffordshire marketing promise, dishes strong enough for Victorian daily service, and the body delivered on it. Ironstone is a dense, opaque, heavily glazed refined earthenware, patented by Charles James Mason in July 1813 under British Patent No. 3724. It fires hot for an…
