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Bolesławiec pottery (English: BOLE-swavietz, Polish: [bɔlɛ'swav j ɛt͡s]), also referred to as Polish pottery, [1] is the collective term for fine pottery and stoneware produced in the town of Bolesławiec, in south-western Poland.
Burnishing is a form of pottery treatment in which the surface of the pot is polished, using a hard smooth surface such as a wooden or bone spatula, smooth stones, plastic, or even glass bulbs, while it still is in a leathery 'green' state, i.e., before firing.
The stretchy lids can be used to cover up sauce pots and awkwardly shaped serving bowls, as well as jars, cans and halves of produce. And because they're dishwasher and freezer safe, the options ...
A tarnished and unpolished silver bowl (left) and a polished silver piece (right). There is a visible difference in cleanliness and color. The piece held above the two bowls has also been polished. (These pieces are part of an 18th-century silver epergne in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art).
The clay is then worked using coiling techniques to form it into vessels that are primarily used for utilitarian purposes such as pots, storage containers for food and water, bowls and platters. Slab and pinch pot techniques are used for animal or human figurines. Tempering agents such as sand, old pieces of broken and ground-up pottery or ...
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The pot was discovered between 1974 and 1976 during the archaeological excavation of a large Neolithic settlement in Bronocice, ca. 50 km to north east of Kraków.The excavations were carried out between 1974 and 1980 by the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences and the State University of New York in the United States.