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Earthenware

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Earthenware comprises "most building bricks, nearly all European pottery up to the seventeenth century, most of the wares of Egypt, Persia and the near East; Greek, Roman and Mediterranean, and some of the Chinese; and the fine earthenware which forms the greater part of our tableware today" ("today"
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Earthenware can be produced at firing temperatures as low as 600 °C (1,112 °F) and many clays will not fire successfully above about 1,000 °C (1,830 °F). Much historical pottery was fired somewhere around 800 °C (1,470 °F), giving a wide margin of error where there was
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After firing, most earthenware bodies will be colored white, buff or red. For iron-rich bodies earthenware, firing at comparatively low temperature in an oxidising atmosphere results in a red colour, whilst higher temperatures with a reducing atmosphere results in darker colours, including black.
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dates back to as early as 29,000–25,000 BC, and for millennia, only earthenware pottery was made, with stoneware gradually developing some 5,000 years ago, but then apparently disappearing for a few thousand years. Outside
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The compositions of earthenware bodies vary considerably, and include both prepared and 'as dug'; the former being by far the dominant type for studio and industry. A general body formulation for contemporary earthenware is 25%
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Despite the most highly valued types of pottery often switching to stoneware and porcelain as these were developed by a particular culture, there are many artistically important types of earthenware. All
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were earthenware as were the later Yixian glazed pottery luohans. After the ceramic figurine was revived in European porcelain, earthenware figures followed, such as the popular English
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than bone china, porcelain or stoneware, and consequently articles are commonly made in thicker cross-section, although they are still more easily chipped.
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After it is fired, earthenware is opaque and non-vitreous, soft and capable of being scratched with a knife. The
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and varying amounts of other minerals, and white or light-coloured (i.e., slightly greyish, cream, or ivory).
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Whitewares: Testing and Quality Control. W.Ryan and C.Radford. Institute of Ceramics & Pergamon. 1987.
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processes made highly decorated wares cheap enough for far wider sections of the population in Europe.
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of the mid-16th century, apparently made for the French court and the life-size majolica peacocks by
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had made large sculptures such as statues in it, where the Romans used it mainly for figurines and
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that has normally been fired below 1,200 °C (2,190 °F). Basic earthenware, often called
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Ryan W. and Radford, C. Whitewares: Production, Testing And Quality Control. Pergamon Press, 1987.
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Dictionary of Ceramics, 3rd edition. A. E. Dodd & D. Murfin. Maney Publishing. 1994.
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no precise way of measuring temperature, and very variable conditions within the kiln.
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Pottery Science: Materials, Process And Products. Allen Dinsdale. Ellis Horwood. 1986.
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Modern Ceramic Engineering: Properties, Processing, and Use in Design, Third Edition
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Due to its porosity, fired earthenware, with a water absorption of 5-8%, must be
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ASTM C242 – 15. Standard Terminology Of Ceramic Whitewares And Related Products
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earthenware, typically orange or red due to a comparatively high content of
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A & C Black Publishers Limited, London, England, Third Edition, 1991.
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Digital Version of "A Representation of the manufacturing of earthenware"
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Amongst the most complicated earthenware ever made are the life-size
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Rado, P. An Introduction to the Technology Of Pottery. 2nd edition.
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An industry term for ceramics including tableware and sanitary ware
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traditions in several parts of Europe, mostly notably the painted
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Terracotta flower pots with terracotta tiles in the background
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Rice, Prudence M. (March 1999). "On the Origins of Pottery".
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Painted, incised and glazed earthenware. Dated 10th century,
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than most whiteware bodies and hence are easier to shape by
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David W. Richerson; William Edward Lee (31 January 1992).
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The Craft and Art of Clay: A Complete Potter's Handbook
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Other types of earthenware or other examples include:
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Conservation and restoration of ancient Greek pottery
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Generally, unfired earthenware bodies exhibit higher
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The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques.
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Higher firing temperatures may cause earthenware to
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The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques
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Iran
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brooklyn Museum
nonvitreous
pottery
terracotta
ceramic glaze
porcelain
bone china
stoneware
tableware
decorative ware
figurines
Pit fired earthenware
East Asia

kulhar
Combined Nomenclature
European Union
clays
feldspars
plasticity
RAM press
roller-head
potter's wheel

glazed
mechanical strength

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