Pottery, porcelain, bone china, ironstone, majolica, stoneware, and dozens of other kinds of dishes have been made through the centuries. But each of these is different, with its own characteristics, strengths, and flaws. Pottery is opaque. You can’t see through…
Glazed ceramic tiles have been used to decorate buildings since the days of the ancient Egyptians, but the history of modern tiles starts in sixteenth-century Britain, Spain, and Holland. At that time, overall repetitive designs inspired by Moorish motifs were…
Art pottery was made in America from the late 1870s to the 1950s. The term “art pottery” can have several meanings. To the scholar and researcher, it is pottery that was handmade or primarily handmade and produced in the spirit…
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