Bone china mugs are usually made in the United Kingdom. Bone china is just a soft-paste porcelain. The name 'china' has to do with the material rather than the country of origin.
Bone china mugs are available for purchase at Amazon, eBay and specialty shops. An interesting specialty shop that markets bone china mugs is The Mugstore. The Mugstore offers a variety of bone china mugs that would suit just about every need.
The 'bone' in bone china indicates that the china clay has been mixed with bone ash.
China mugs are generally more expensive online than regular mugs. China mugs are more expensive because they are of a better quality and they have much more detail.
Dunoon is a Staffordshire based company that produces high quality Fine Bone China mugs made from Cornish clay. The whole range of Dunoon mugs can be bought online via the official Dunoon website.
"Insulator" as in electrically resistant material ? No. Bone ash was once tested as part of an experiment to increase the magnitude of a light bulb's output : it passed the test , but the fumes were such that it was not recommended to continue using it. Bone China is made of Bone Ash : Dry bone is piezoelectric.
Antique china mugs can be purchased locally and online. One may find local antique stores that carry china mugs. One may also go online to an antiques website to order some.
Mugs are made cheap in China due to a lower hourly rate for employees. There is also an abundance of materials to make porcelain and stoneware ceramics, a thing China is famous for.
Some are, and some are not. Most mugs manufactured in the last 20 years are dishwasher-safe, and they are marked as such on the bottom. China mugs that are older than 20 years, and those that very fine and/or thin china, would be better off washed by hand.
There are many good places that have fine china mugs. Some of these places include Macy's, Bloomingdale's, English-Teapots, Replacements, Amazon, and Etsy.
In the ninety's the mugs was made in USA now they are made in China or Thailand therefore now are from stoneware.
You can find china mugs many places. You can find them wherever glasses are sold such as Bed Bath and Beyond. I would also check out Ebay and Amazon for good prices.
It means the fine bone China was Made In China.