Pottery
The term pottery designates vases and containers for primarily domestic or culinary use made of porous terracotta which may remain rough or receive a glazed coating. By metonymy, the term pottery also designates the production technique and the potter's workshop.
Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard, durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made by a potter is also called a pottery (plural "potteries"). The definition of pottery, used by the ASTM International, is "all fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products."
Pottery, one of the oldest and most widespread of the decorative arts, consisting of objects made of clay and hardened with heat. The objects made are commonly useful ones, such as vessels for holding liquids or plates or bowls from which food can be served.
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The term pottery designates vases and containers for primarily domestic or culinary use made of porous terracotta which may remain rough or receive a glazed coating. By metonymy, the term pottery also designates the production technique and the potter's workshop.
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