However extremely rare, some porcelain exists that appears to has been repaired by having broken pieces or cracks restored by using white enamel. In this way the repair is completely water proof and the piece has got its ring back.
Some English establishments that offered the service of adding enamel decorations onto blank or previously decorated Chinese porcelain were known as China burners and the enameling was referred to as that the colors was "burnt in and impossible to remove". Some of these "China burners" also seemed to have offered porcelain repairs where broken pieces was ceramically mended in a re-glazing process.
See also: Clobbering
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