Pottery Pottery Coclé is a province of central Panama on the nation's southern coast. The capital is the city of Penonomé. Coclé is primarily an agricultural area, with sugar and tomatoes as major crops. The province has a number of well known beaches and tourist activity has increased in recent years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coclé"
A contemporary ceramic studio is a 'paint your own pottery' studio. ...more on Wikipedia about "Contemporary ceramic studio"
Creamware is a cream-coloured earthenware created about 1750 by the potters of Staffordshire, England, which proved ideal for domestic ware. It was popular until the 1820s. It was also known as tortoiseshellware or Prattware depending on the color of glaze used. ...more on Wikipedia about "Creamware"
Dehua porcelain factories are porcelain factories at Dehua, near Foochow in the Fujian province of south-east China. They have produced Blanc-De-Chine, from the Ming dynasty ( 1368- 1644) to the present day. Large quantities arrived in Europe as Chinese Export Porcelain in the early 18th century and it was copied at Meissen and elsewhere. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dehua porcelain factories"
Delftware, or Delft pottery, is blue and white pottery traditionally made in the Netherlands around the town of Delft. Delftware is part of the tin glaze style of pottery, in which tin-based white glazes is first applied, then metal oxide decoration and finally a lead-based clear glaze overcoat to make the surface glossy. Delftware includes pottery objects of all descriptions such as plates, ornaments, banks, but has become well known throughout for its tiles. Ironically, Delftware has lost most of its appeal in the Netherlands itself due to the mass production geared mainly towards tourists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Delftware"
Earthenware is a ceramic made from potash, sand, feldspar and clay. It is one of the oldest materials used in pottery. Classically, most earthenware has a red coloring, due to the use of red clays. However, this is not always the case, and for the modern potter, white and buff colored earthenware clays are commercially available. ...more on Wikipedia about "Earthenware"
Engineering ceramics are ceramic products that are used to make other products, for example, engineering ceramics are used in shuttles, cars and computers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Engineering ceramics"
English Delftware was made in London from about the 1640s and the shapes of these jars are very distinctive with clear lettering and cartoon-like painted panels of angel's heads and flying cherubs. ...more on Wikipedia about "English Delftware"
The ethical pot is a concept of pottery, which is holistic, based on tradition, locally made and generally useful. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ethical pot"
Faience or faïence is the conventional name in English for fine tin-glazed earthenware on a delicate pale buff body. ...more on Wikipedia about "Faience"
Famille jaune, noire, rose, verte are terms used to classify Chinese Porcelain by its colour pallette. ...more on Wikipedia about "Famille jaune, noire, rose, verte"
(Fiestaware) Fiesta is the name of a line of dinnerware designed by Frederick H. Rhead, and first made by the Homer Laughlin company in 1936. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fiestaware"
The fine art pot aspires to the conditions of art, generally by prioritizing conceptual and aesthetic qualities over functionality or usefulness. It is the opposite of the ethical pot (or utilitarian pottery). These two positions originate from the anxiety of a place and definition for the crafts in the age of industrialisation and mechanised-production, and from the desire to establish ceramics as a fine art medium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fine art pot"
:This article relates to the type of Greek pottery. For the connection bar used in railways, see Fishplate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fish plate"
Frying pans are ceramic objects of unknown purpose from the archaeological strata called Early Cycladic II in the Aegean islands and the Early Helladic I and II elsewhere in the Aegean. There has been much speculation over the mysterious purpose of what are clearly prestige goods. Characteristically they are highly decorated, and much care has gone into their making. They are found all over the Aegean but are not common: around 200 have been unearthed to date. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frying pans"
Glaze is a thin shiny coating, or the act of applying the coating. ...more on Wikipedia about "Glaze"
Hard-paste porcelain is a hard, dense ceramic made from a compound of the feldspathic rock petuntse and kaolin fired at very high temperature. It was first made in China around the 9th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hard-paste porcelain"
Hausmalerei ( German: home painting) is a form of German or Bohemian white pottery invented in the 17th Century. They are painted by a Hausmaler. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hausmalerei"
The Hispano-Moresque ware is a term refering to an Islamic pottery style created in Andalusia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hispano-Moresque"
The history of pottery in Palestine starts in Neolithic times, around the 8th millennium BC, when the art of pottery was introduced into the region. This skill probably arrived from the north, together with the arts related to agriculture. The potter's wheel was introduced in the later Chalcolithic period, in the 5th millennium BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "History of pottery in Palestine"
Hohokam is the name of one of the four major prehistoric archaeological traditions of the American Southwest. Variant spellings in current, official usage include Huhugam and Huhukam. The culture was differentiated from others in the region in the 1930s by archaeologist Harold S. Gladwin, who applied the existing O'odham term, to classify the remains he was excavating in the Lower Gila Valley. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hohokam"
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Honiton pottery is a type of earthenware pottery from Honiton, Devon. The popular design was Jacobean, and the most famous designer was Charles Collard. Its heyday was in the 1930s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Honiton pottery"
Hopewell pottery is a type of pottery, where the clay is formed into vessels, generally with utilitarian purposes in mind. Once the clay is formed it is then fired, until it forms a hard vessle. Pottery often varies throughout different time periods, regions, and cultures. One form of pottery is the Hopewell pottery. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hopewell pottery"
Huaco or Guaco is the generic name given in Peru mostly to earthen vessels and other finely made pottery artworks found in pre-columbian sites such as burial locations, sanctuaries, temples and other ancient ruins. Huacos are not mere earthenware but notable pottery specimens linked to ceremonial, religious, artistic or aestetical uses in central andean pre-columbian civilizations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Huaco (pottery)"
A hydria is a type of Greek pottery used for carrying water. The hydria has three handles. The two handles on either side of the body of the pot were used for lifting and carrying the pot. The third handle, located in between the other two handles, was used when pouring water. This water vessel can be found in both the red and black figure pottery styles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hydria" www.shortopedia.com for you!
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