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  2. Porcelain - Wikipedia

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    Hard-paste porcelain was invented in China, and it was also used in Japanese porcelain.Most of the finest quality porcelain wares are made of this material. The earliest European porcelains were produced at the Meissen factory in the early 18th century; they were formed from a paste composed of kaolin and alabaster and fired at temperatures up to 1,400 °C (2,552 °F) in a wood-fired kiln ...

  3. Cowrie - Wikipedia

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    Cowrie or cowry (pl. cowries) is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails in the family Cypraeidae. The term porcelain derives from the old Italian term for the cowrie shell (porcellana) due to their similar appearance. [1] Cowrie shells have held cultural, economic, and ornamental significance in various cultures.

  4. Ru ware - Wikipedia

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    The shapes include dishes, probably used as brush-washers, cups, wine bottles (carafes in modern terms), small vases, and censers and incense-burners. They can be considered as a particular form of celadon wares. [3] Ru ware represents one of the Five Great Kilns identified by later Chinese writers. The wares were reserved for the Imperial ...

  5. Swatow ware - Wikipedia

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    The dishes were given a white slip coating, and fired at the high temperature necessary for porcelain, which would have burnt the coloured enamels. They were then painted before a short second firing at about 800 °C. [25] Common palettes are red, green and (rather less) yellow, [26] and turquoise, red, green and black. The black, mainly used ...

  6. Davenport Pottery - Wikipedia

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    Dish with parrot, c. 1795 Davenport Pottery was an English earthenware and porcelain manufacturer based in Longport , Staffordshire . [ 1 ] It was in business, owned and run by the Davenport family, between 1794 and 1887, making mostly tablewares in the main types of Staffordshire pottery .

  7. Earthenware - Wikipedia

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    Generally, unfired earthenware bodies exhibit higher plasticity than most whiteware [8] bodies and hence are easier to shape by RAM press, roller-head or potter's wheel than bone china or porcelain. [9] [10] Terracotta flower pots with terracotta tiles in the background

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