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  2. Earthenware - Wikipedia

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    Earthenware is glazed or unglazed nonvitreous pottery [2] ... all fired at high enough temperatures to ... and many clays will not fire successfully above about 1,000 ...

  3. Pit fired pottery - Wikipedia

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    The filled pit is then set on fire and carefully tended until most of the inner fuel has been consumed. At around 1,100 °C (2,010 °F) the maximum temperatures are moderate compared to other techniques used for pottery, [4] and the pottery produced counts as earthenware. After cooling, pots are removed and cleaned; there may be patterns and ...

  4. Fire pot - Wikipedia

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    An earthenware fire-pot or indigenous stove found in West Africa , [3] notably in Ilora and Oyo, an Adogan has a flat bottom with a carinated wall and an out-turned rim with three decorated lugs to support the cooking pot. A U-shaped hole is cut in one side to allow air to enter, and through which fuel is inserted.

  5. Biscuit (pottery) - Wikipedia

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    The porous nature of (fired) biscuit earthenware means that it readily absorbs water, while vitreous wares such as porcelain, bone china and most stoneware are non-porous even without glazing. [6] The temperature of biscuit firing is today usually at least 1000°C, although higher temperatures are common. [ 7 ]

  6. Earthenware ceramics in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Earthenware vessels in the Philippines were formed by two main techniques: paddle and anvil, and coiling and scraping. [2] Although a level of highly skilled craftsmanship is present in the Philippines, no evidence of kilns are found, primarily because the type of clay to be found in the archipelago can only withstand relatively low temperatures of firing.

  7. Clay oven - Wikipedia

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    In Jewish culture, especially on days where it was impossible to build a fire, but where prolonging the existing heat of the oven was necessary, the hot coals were, in advance, pushed to one side and covered over in ashes, while the entire clay oven was covered over with a larger earthenware vessel, to which old rags were added along the edges ...

  8. Conservation and restoration of ceramic objects - Wikipedia

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    A glaze can be applied that will protect the vessel from water. Due to its porosity, earthenware is susceptible to moisture and creates problems including cracks, breaks and mold growth. Porcelain and stoneware are fired at the highest temperatures between 1200–1400°C or 2192–2552°F.

  9. Onggi - Wikipedia

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    The term includes both unglazed earthenware, fired near 600 to 700°C, and pottery with a dark brown glaze fired at over 1100 °C. [1] Onggi have been used continuously from prehistoric Korean states to the modern day; however, they primarily see use as traditional storage and ornaments today.