a factory that makes clay pottery
Low-firing ceramics. The term is usually confined to earthenware. Porcellanous stoneware High-firing ceramic that has most of the characteristics of porcelain, but fails to meet all the criteria, such as translucency or whiteness.
The process of heating clay to turn it to a ceramic.
Any ware of baked clay could be called pottery, but the term is usually reserved for the various types of earthenware.
Ware made of clay and fired in a kiln.
A generic term meaning the same thing as ceramics.
A fired clay material that is a weaker and less expensive type of earthenware.
All forms of human-made products constructed from clay.
(POT·ter·y). From a petrologist point of view, ceramics, an essentially man-made (or in a special sense, a metamorphic) rock, is practically indestructible after its primary use is met. From a more anthropological view, pottery is one of the most important sources of information for the archaeologist because it is a very sensitive product of human inventive power. Although it forms part of the needs of everyday life, it reflects cultural changes, political events and artistic trends in the progress of humanity. praxis (PRAX·sis). A reference to customary practice or conduct as opposed to theory, convention, habit, or custom.
ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln
the craft of making earthenware
a workshop where clayware is made
or Steingut — a rather imprecise term for a usually light-colored porous ceramic with a hardness dependent upon the temperature of the firing, from 960°C (1800°F) to 1300°C (2350°F); generally used to include all tan-colored ceramic materials.
a soft, lightly fired, opaque earthenware, generally considered less expensive than porcelain, at least as regarding production cost.
the art of making pots and bowls from clay.
Term used to describe all types of ceramics.
table and kitchenware made of fired clay
Earthenware fired at low temperature.
refers to any type of ceramic ware or the workshop where ceramic ware is produced.
A potter's factory or workshop. The potter's work/art e.g. the manufacture of earthenware. Pottery-ware, earthenware.
A class of ceramic artifacts in which clay is formed into containers by hand or in molds or with a potter's wheel, often decorated, and fired (Ashmore and Sharer 2000: 252).
Although this term is usually used interchangeably with ceramics, it more precisely refers to ceramic objects that have a container shape, such as pots, planters, and tureens. It also can be used to refer to factories that produce pottery pieces. See also ceramics.
A ceramic item or material made of hard clay, usually in the form of a vessel.
Can be used as a generic term the same as ceramics. Then referring to a specific ware, pottery refers to a very durable form of clayware made of crude clay and fired at comparatively low temperature. It lends itself best to colourful, informal decoration and simple shapes.
Often referred to as Moundbuilder, Caddoan or Mississippian pottery, its development is centered around the Ohio River valley and the Mississippi River basin and its abundant supply of clay. Tended to be unpainted and relatively simple, though there were examples of some effigy work, depicting human and animal figures.
A loosely-used term; often means “earthenware” or just any clay piece that has been fired.
Pottery is the ware made by potters and the places where such wares are made are called potteries. In everyday usage the term is taken to encompass a wide range of ceramics, including earthenware, stoneware and porcelain.