I was enjoying that explanation. But from wiki:
The European name, porcelain in English, comes from the old Italian porcellana (cowrie shell) because of its resemblance to the surface of the shell
l went out into my yard last night to try to see the comet. I took my binoculars and stood on my deck and scanned the sky for 10 minutes. I knew it should have been near the north star, easy to pick out... But the moon was bright and several neighbors have security lights... and after about 10...