Set of 7 English fine bone china nesting stoneware bowls in dusty pink and white with various finish . Handmade hemisphere vessels with pink inside and white outside. Stoneware fine bone china and real gold rims, platinum rims, copper rims or plain ones. Biggest: 9cm in diameter and 4cm high Smallest: 3.5cm in diameter and 1.5cm high As each item is handmade each finish is slightly different in texture and shape. Any imperfections which may occur are because they are handmade and when you work with such delicate and thin material factory perfection cannot be achieved. *Because of the nature of my work and the material i use it is unlikely that further copies of this item will be produced in the future.* Bone China is porcelaneous body that contains calcium carbonate. This gives the ware strength and whitens it. One difference between porcelain and bone china is the whiteness of bone china.True bone china is almost snow-white. Another is the translucence of bone china: holding it to a light with your hand behind the china should reveal the shadow of your hand. Porcelain will not do so. Bone china was invented in England in the late eighteenth century, and was apparently superior in strength, translucency, thinness, and whiteness to the porcelain then being produced in Europe.If you compare bone china with all other types of porcelain you will notice the difference immediately. The body of most porcelain has an off-white greyish cast, except for some American china which is ivory colored. True bone china is almost snow-white. Bone China is far more expensive than porcelain as it has superior qualities mentioned above.