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• Earthenware — is a common ceramic material, which is used extensively for pottery tableware and decorative objects. Although body formulations vary tremendously between countries, and even between individual makers, a generic composition is 25% ball clay, 28%… …   Wikipedia

• earthenware — ► NOUN ▪ pottery made of fired clay …   English terms dictionary

• earthenware — /err theuhn wair /, n. 1. pottery of baked or hardened clay, esp. any of the coarse, opaque varieties. 2. clay for making such pottery. [1640 50; EARTHEN + WARE1] * * * Pottery that has been fired at low heat and is slightly more porous and… …   Universalium

• earthenware — n. & adj. n. pottery, vessels, etc., made of clay fired to a porous state which can be made impervious to liquids by the use of a glaze (cf. PORCELAIN). adj. made of fired clay. Etymology: EARTHEN + WARE(1) …   Useful english dictionary

• earthenware — noun Date: 1646 ceramic ware made of slightly porous opaque clay fired at low heat …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• earthenware — noun pottery made of fired clay …   English new terms dictionary

• tin-glazed earthenware — ▪ pottery also called  Tin enameled Earthenware,    earthenware covered with an opaque glaze that, unless colour has been added, is white. It is variously called faience, majolica, and delftware. Essentially it is lead glaze made opaque by the… …   Universalium

• Pit fired pottery — Pit firing is the oldest known method of firing clay. Unfired pots are nestled together in a pit in the ground and are then covered with burnable materials such as wood shavings, leaves, metal oxides, salts, sawdust and dried manure. The top of… …   Wikipedia

• pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… …   Universalium

• arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …   Universalium

• List of pottery terms — Historically the production of pottery has been a characteristic of human activity in most areas of the world. Over time, each culture has established terms which define tools, ingredients and production techniques. Terms currently in use may be… …   Wikipedia