Category:Pottery by type

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Pottery is made of different types of clay, fired at different temperatures and with different glazes. Clay-based ceramics that are categorised as pottery include Earthenware, Terracotta,


Earthenware is an opaque, semi-porous ceramic made from clay and other compounds, a glazed or unglazed nonvitreous pottery that has normally been fired below 1200 °C.

  • Terracotta is a hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction.
  • Faience is a type of earthenware of high quality, which is made to look like Chinese porcelain with its opaque white glaze.

Subcategories

This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.

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