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2. Potter's wheel - Wikipedia

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   Classic potter's kick-wheel in Erfurt, Germany An electric potter's wheel, with bat (green disk) and throwing bucket. Not shown is a foot pedal used to control the speed of the wheel, similar to a sewing machine. In pottery, a potter's wheel is a machine used in the shaping (known as throwing) of clay into round ceramic ware.

3. Horezu ceramics - Wikipedia

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   Horezu ceramics is a unique type of Romanian pottery that is traditionally produced by hand around the town of Horezu in northern Oltenia (Vâlcea County), close to the famous Horezu Monastery. It reflects many generations of knowledge and skills development of pottery, which is why the craftsmanship of Horezu pottery was inscribed on UNESCO ...

4. Pottery - Wikipedia

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   Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. The place where such wares are made by a potter is also called a pottery (plural potteries).

5. George E. Ohr - Wikipedia

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   Ohr's pottery is notable for its thin walls, vibrant glazes, and twisted, pinched shapes made using a potter's wheel. Ohr dug much of his clay locally in southern Mississippi from the Tchoutacabouffa River. [7] Tchoutacabouffa is the Biloxi tribe's word for "broken pot." [14]

6. Ancient Egyptian technology - Wikipedia

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   Egyptian paper, made from papyrus, and pottery were mass-produced and exported throughout the Mediterranean Basin. The wheel was used for a number of purposes, but chariots only came into use after the Second Intermediate Period. The Egyptians also played an important role in developing Mediterranean maritime technology including ships and ...

7. Earthenware - Wikipedia

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   Earthenware is glazed or unglazed nonvitreous pottery [2] that has normally been fired below 1,200 °C (2,190 °F). [3] Basic earthenware, often called terracotta , absorbs liquids such as water. However, earthenware can be made impervious to liquids by coating it with a ceramic glaze , and such a process is used for the great majority of ...