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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 was developed in Indonesia as early as 400 BCE in Buni culture in coastal West Java, which produced peculiar pottery with incised, geometrical decorations. It was the first Indian rouletted wares recorded from Southeast Asia. [ 12 ]
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Historic pewter, faience and glass tableware. In recent centuries, flatware is commonly made of ceramic materials such as earthenware, stoneware, bone china or porcelain.The popularity of ceramics is at least partially due to the use of glazes as these ensure the ware is impermeable, reduce the adherence of pollutants and ease washing.
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]
Stoneware is a vitreous or semi-vitreous ceramic made primarily from stoneware clay or non-refractory fire clay. [10] Stoneware is fired at high temperatures. [11] Vitrified or not, it is nonporous; [12] it may or may not be glazed.
The Buni culture is a prehistoric clay pottery culture that flourished in coastal northern West Java, Jakarta and Banten around 400 BC to 100 AD [1] and probably survived until 500 AD. [2] The culture was named after its first discovered archaeological site, Buni village in Babelan, Bekasi , east of Jakarta .
Articles relating to pottery, vessels and other objects made with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard, durable form. Subcategories This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total.