How do you tell the difference between porcelain and ceramic figurines?
We’ve got a bunch of figurines here (some are hollow houses, but the rest are completely solid, painted miniatures) and they don’t have labels describing if they are porcelain or ceramic.
We want to list them on eBay, but don’t know how to describe them.
Please tell us how to tell the difference between porcelain and ceramic miniatures.
Also, is it okay to wash them? They’re fairly dirty…
Thanks!
All right here’s how to tell whether is ceramic or porcelain if all of your pieces are white it might be a little hard, but when a piece is porcelain is same as clay but is more liquid so is very thin and white, and the texture of it is more smooth and if you knock it might sound different. Clay is more thick and the texture is more sandy and it comes in a red-brown and white color. Try to send me some pics because to try to help you more 
by the way you can wash them yous put them to dry of they are not shiny if they are shiny just dry them with a towel. Hope this helps 
November 18th, 2009 at 4:02 am
All right here’s how to tell whether is ceramic or porcelain if all of your pieces are white it might be a little hard, but when a piece is porcelain is same as clay but is more liquid so is very thin and white, and the texture of it is more smooth and if you knock it might sound different. Clay is more thick and the texture is more sandy and it comes in a red-brown and white color. Try to send me some pics because to try to help you more
by the way you can wash them yous put them to dry of they are not shiny if they are shiny just dry them with a towel. Hope this helps 
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