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2. Heath Ceramics - Wikipedia

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   Then, recognizing the need for dedicated tile manufacturing, Heath Ceramics opened its tile factory and flagship San Francisco showroom and clay studio in 2012. [24] At the beginning of 2014, Heath exited the wholesale business, going direct to consumers via its showrooms and through its website. [4]

3. Ball clay - Wikipedia

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   The ceramic use of ball clays in Britain dates back to at least the Roman era. More recent trade began when a clay was needed to make tobacco pipes in the 16th and 17th century. [8] In 1771 Josiah Wedgwood signed a contract for 1,400 tons a year of ball clay with Thomas Hyde of Purbeck, enabling the production of thinner-walled ceramics. [9]

4. Ceramics of Jalisco - Wikipedia

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   High fire ceramic with traditional designs at the Museo Regional de la Ceramica, Tlaquepaque.. Ceramics of Jalisco, Mexico has a history that extends far back in the pre Hispanic period, but modern production is the result of techniques introduced by the Spanish during the colonial period and the introduction of high-fire production in the 1950s and 1960s by Jorge Wilmot and Ken Edwards.

5. Mexican ceramics - Wikipedia

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   Barro negro (black clay) pottery is a style of pottery distinguished by its color, sheen and unique designs, and is most often associated with the town of San Bartolo Coyotepec. [35] The origins of this pottery style extends as far back as the Monte Albán period and for almost all of its history, had been available only in a matte grayish ...

6. Oregon Pottery Company - Wikipedia

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   Western Clay Manufacturing Company Oregon Pottery Company was established in the United States at Buena Vista, Oregon , in 1866. The largest pottery business on the West Coast of the United States at the time, it produced stoneware jars, jugs, and sewer pipe between 1866 and 1897 in Buena Vista and Portland, Oregon .

7. Clay - Wikipedia

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   Prehistoric humans discovered the useful properties of clay and used it for making pottery. Some of the earliest pottery shards have been dated to around 14,000 BCE, [7] and clay tablets were the first known writing medium. [8] Clay is used in many modern industrial processes, such as paper making, cement production, and chemical filtering ...