It was then that I treated my patient with phosphate of lime, the pte and the Vin Mariani.

The last two are commonly sold for marshmallow paste (pte de guimauve).

European porcelains are known as hard and soft, the pte dure and pte tendre of the French.

It became slate-coloured or bluish-brown faience, with pte as fine as pipe-clay, but very hard.