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A spill vase, or spill holder is a small cylindrical vase or wall-hanging vase for containing splints, spills, and tapers for transferring fire, for example to light a candle or pipe from a lit fire. From the documentary record, they probably date back to the 15th century, though the heyday of specially made vases is the 19th century.
The Euphronios Krater stands 45.7 cm (18 inches) in height and has a diameter of 55.1 cm (21.7 inches). It can hold about 45 L (12 gallons). The style of the vase is red-figure pottery, in which figure outlines, details, and the background are painted with an opaque black slip while the figures themselves are left in the color of the unpainted terracotta ceramic clay.
Depending on the vase type being made, the clay being used would be settled in tanks to achieve different consistencies. [7] After obtaining the clay, the potter would use a wheel and do the vase in sections, usually in horizontal sections. [7] This process meant that each vase made was distinctive from the other vases.
The Teco Pottery was founded in Terra Cotta, Illinois, in 1899 by William Day Gates, as a specialty branch of his American Terra Cotta Tile and Ceramic Company, which made architectural terra cotta items like drain tiles and chimney tops. Gates's experiments with glazes and forms led him to found Teco (an acronym for TErra COtta) to create art ...
Burmantofts Pottery was the common trading name of a manufacturer of ceramic pipes and construction materials, named after the Burmantofts district of Leeds, England. Following the example of Royal Doulton , having grown into a large company known for unglamourous utilitarian wares, the company expanded into decorated art pottery and decorative ...
The Grade II listed entrance to the former Brannam Pottery in 2018 The Brannam Pottery shop, c. 1914 The last surviving kiln of Brannam Pottery. Brannam Pottery was a British pottery started by Thomas Backway Brannam in Barnstaple, Devon, England, in 1848. It later became part of the "rustic" wing of the art pottery movement.
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