In contrast with hard-paste porcelain, soft-paste porcelain, also termed artificial porcelain, was a hard pottery produced by Europeans before they succeeded in making true porcelain. It was made by firing a mixture of ground glass and clay at 1200 ℃.
相對於硬瓷的「軟瓷」，又叫「人造瓷」，是真瓷研發成功之前，歐洲人以玻璃粉混合黏土，以一千兩百度高溫所燒成的一種硬陶。