Difference between revisions of "Stoneware"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A hard, opaque, nonporous [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ceramic ceramic]. Stoneware is made from [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=secondary | + | A hard, opaque, nonporous [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ceramic ceramic]. Stoneware is made from [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=secondary%20clay secondary clay] and fired at temperatures of 1200-1300 C. It was made in China as early as 1400 BCE. The presence or absence of trace components in the clay can color stoneware white, gray, black, red, or brown. Stoneware can be unglazed or glazed with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=lead%20glaze lead] or [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=salt%20glaze salt] glazes. |
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== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
| − | + | faïence (Fr.); grés (Port.) | |
== Authority == | == Authority == | ||
| − | * | + | * Random House, ''Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language'', Grammercy Book, New York, 1997 |
* ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998 | * ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998 | ||
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Description
A hard, opaque, nonporous ceramic. Stoneware is made from secondary clay and fired at temperatures of 1200-1300 C. It was made in China as early as 1400 BCE. The presence or absence of trace components in the clay can color stoneware white, gray, black, red, or brown. Stoneware can be unglazed or glazed with lead or salt glazes.
Synonyms and Related Terms
faïence (Fr.); grés (Port.)
Authority
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- The Dictionary of Art, Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: "Ceramics"