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West German Art Pottery is essentially a term describing the time period of 1949–1990 and became the early way to describe the pottery because the country of origin, with numbers denoting the shape and size, was often the only "mark" on the base. Even though company names are now better known, and many items are attributed to specific makers ...
Bybee Pottery. / 37.73278°N 84.12472°W / 37.73278; -84.12472. Bybee Pottery was a pottery company based in Bybee, a community in Madison County, Kentucky, USA. It was founded in 1809 by Webster Cornelison and members of the same Cornelison family continued to make and sell pottery until 2011. Bybee Pottery sold a wide variety of ...
Bolesławiec pottery. A display that illustrates style of Bolesławiec pottery. Polish store in Seattle. 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.
Stoneware. Stoneware is a broad term for pottery fired at a relatively high temperature. [2] A modern definition is a vitreous or semi-vitreous ceramic made primarily from stoneware clay or non- refractory fire clay. [3] [4] End applications include tableware, decorative ware such as vases. Stoneware is fired at between about 1,100 °C (2,010 ...
For centuries, pottery has been central to pueblo life as a feature of ceremonial and utilitarian usage. The clay is locally sourced, most frequently handmade (not thrown on a potters wheel nor cast in a mold), and fired traditionally in an earthen pit. These items take the form of storage jars, canteens, serving bowls, seed jars, and ladles ...
October 3, 2017 at 3:44 PM. A bowl made around 900 years ago has just fetched $38 million at auction, setting a new record for Chinese porcelain. The antique Chinese bowl was made around 900 years ...
Once logs arrive at the Great Alaskan Bowl Co., they go through a 22-step process of carving, sanding and oiling to become wooden bowls, says cutter and sander Klaus Reeck.
Ceramics of Indigenous peoples of the Americas is an art form with at least a 7500-year history in the Americas. [1] Pottery is fired ceramics with clay as a component. Ceramics are used for utilitarian cooking vessels, serving and storage vessels, pipes, funerary urns, censers, musical instruments, ceremonial items, masks, toys, sculptures ...