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  2. Conservation and restoration of ceramic objects - Wikipedia

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    This object is from the collection of the Indiana State Museum. Conservation and restoration of ceramic objects is a process dedicated to the preservation and protection of objects of historical and personal value made from ceramic. Typically, this activity of conservation-restoration is undertaken by a conservator-restorer, especially when ...

  3. Williamsburg Pottery Factory - Wikipedia

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    Williamsburg Pottery Factory. Williamsburg Pottery Factory is a large, multi-structure retail outlet store located in Lightfoot, Virginia, about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Williamsburg. It was founded in 1938 by James E. Maloney as a small pottery workshop. The Williamsburg Pottery Factory now markets itself as one of Virginia's largest tourist ...

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbus, Ohio

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    This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places entries in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The National Register is a federal register for buildings, structures, and sites of historic significance. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts in Columbus. There are 357 properties and districts listed on the ...

  5. Saint Charles Preparatory School - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.stcharlesprep.org. Saint Charles Preparatory School is a four-year Catholic college preparatory school in Columbus, Ohio, US. It was founded in 1923 by the fourth bishop of Columbus, James J. Hartley, as a Roman Catholic college and high school seminary. [4] Today, it is an all-male high school serving the Catholic Diocese of Columbus.

  6. East Broad Street Historic District (Columbus, Ohio) - Wikipedia

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    The East Broad Street Historic District in Columbus, Ohio is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The district includes the section of East Broad Street from Ohio Avenue on the west to Monypenny Street on the east. [ 1 ] It includes lavish residences, some converted to offices.

  7. Ceramics of Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Prior to contact, pottery was usually open-air fired or pit fired; precontact Indigenous peoples of Mexico used kilns extensively. Today many Native American ceramic artists use kilns. In pit-firing, the pot is placed in a shallow pit dug into the earth along with other unfired pottery, covered with wood and brush, or dung, then set on fire ...

  8. Jingdezhen porcelain - Wikipedia

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    The gourd-shaped kiln was used throughout the fourteenth century; towards the end of the Ming period it was supplanted by the egg-shaped kiln or zhenyao kiln, shaped like half an egg on its side, with a firebox inside the kiln at the broad end and at the narrow end an arch communicating to a separate chimney. The chimney was built to a height ...

  9. Olde Towne East - Wikipedia

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    Franklin. City. Columbus. ZIP Code. 43205. Area code. 614. Olde Towne East is a neighborhood located in the historical Near East Side of Columbus, Ohio and is one of Columbus' oldest neighborhoods. The area has over 1,000 homes, some as old as the 1830s, and more than 50 architectural styles as a result of its history.