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The definition of pottery, used by the ASTM International, is "all fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products". [1] End applications include tableware , decorative ware , sanitary ware , and in technology and industry such as electrical insulators and laboratory ware.
Pottery is also: (1) the art and wares made by potters; (2) a ceramic material (3) a place where pottery wares are made; and (4) the business of the potter. Published definitions of Pottery include:-- "All fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products." [12]
Minton majolica peacock, c. 1870. In different periods of time and in different countries, the term majolica has been used for two distinct types of pottery.. Firstly, from the mid-15th century onwards, maiolica was a type of pottery reaching Italy from Spain, Majorca [1] and beyond.
Earthenware is glazed or unglazed nonvitreous pottery [2] that has normally been fired below 1,200 °C (2,190 °F). [3] Basic earthenware, often called terracotta , absorbs liquids such as water. However, earthenware can be made impervious to liquids by coating it with a ceramic glaze , and such a process is used for the great majority of ...
Art pottery is a term for pottery with artistic aspirations, made in relatively small quantities, mostly between about 1870 and 1930. [1] Typically, sets of the usual tableware items are excluded from the term; instead the objects produced are mostly decorative vessels such as vases , jugs, bowls and the like which are sold singly.
A bisque porcelain bust. Biscuit [1] [2] [3] [4] (also known as bisque) refers to any pottery that has been fired in a kiln without a ceramic glaze.This can be a ...
Earthenware is pottery that has not been fired to vitrification and is thus permeable to water. [4] Many types of pottery have been made from it from the earliest times, and until the 18th century it was the most common type of pottery outside the far East.
Stoneware is a broad term for pottery fired at a relatively high temperature. [2] A modern definition is a vitreous or semi-vitreous ceramic made primarily from stoneware clay or non-refractory fire clay. [3] [4] End applications include tableware, decorative ware such as vases.