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pot·ter·y
/ ˈpätərē/
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n.
(pl. -er·ies)
pots, dishes, and other articles made of earthenware or baked clay. Pottery can be broadly divided into earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware.
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the craft or profession of making such ware:
courses include drawing, painting, and pottery.
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a factory or workshop where such ware is made.
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Pottery becoming a style statement in India.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 2/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...Chandigarh, Feb.14 (ANI): Though pottery has been in use since earliest stages...decoration conscious families have given pottery a new meaning. In India, when it comes...one's house but the ceramic-based pottery has also found a place in interior decoration...
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Niloak pottery of the Ozarks
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Niloak's inique hand blown swirl pottery is by far its est known product, although...items were also produced. THE NILOAK Pottery Company, in operation from 1910-- 1947...Niloak's unique, handthrown swirl pottery is by far its best-known product, although...
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 "The Sanford Herald (Sanford, NC)")
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Pottery Center to celebrate 175 years of one family's works.
News Wire article from: The Sanford Herald (Sanford, NC); 1/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...spawned 15 active family potteries in North Carolina...they've been making pottery," said Charlotte Brown...children entered the pottery business, including...active Owen/Owens potteries can be found around...worked for North State Pottery. Perhaps one of the...
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Fulper pottery
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...techniques are applied to the pottery. This method has European...Newcomb and Marblehead Potteries. The decorative aspect is a manipulation of the pottery into forms, such as...premiere Arts and Crafts potteries such as Grueby, Newcomb...records. Fulper art pottery is an affordable high...
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Pottery Business in Cambridge, Wis., Faces Closure in May.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 2/20/2004; 700+ words
; ...Rowe attracted a new investor to Rowe Pottery Works Inc., he figured it was a turning...majority partner, Tom Henkels, decided Rowe Pottery's prospects were so poor that he had...choice but to shut down the business. Rowe Pottery is now under control of a court-appointed...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Potteries' products become works of art
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 4/22/2009; 700+ words
; ...fashionable trends, most British potteries tried their hand at art pottery in the latter half of the 19th...the Yorkshire Lindthorpe Art Pottery, dedicated their whole range...allowed a small sideline in art pottery to develop, mostly in ornamental...
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Fulper pottery.(includes related articles on antique Fulper pottery products)(glazed art pottery products by Fulper Pottery Co)
Magazine article from: Country Living; 2/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...different path. By making pottery in molds, Fulper reduced...by the most important potteries. While Fulper wares...any factory-produced pottery of its day. Art pottery...is one of the few art potteries whose work remains both...antiques market. The Pottery's Beginnings In 1814...
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Pottery ethnoarchaeology in the Central Maya Highlands.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; MICHAEL DEAL. Pottery ethnoarchaeology in the Central Maya...written as Michael Deal's dissertation, Pottery ethnoarchaeology is as timely and important...cultural setting (new to this version), pottery production and its learning framework...
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Pottery making, the latest craze of many Delhiites
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 7/17/2006; 632 words
; ...may find it entertaining to learn that Pottery, which is a full time occupation requiring...like Delhi. With a new rage to make pottery picking up fast, more and more people in cities are learning pottery, which many believe has a therapeutic...
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Pottery Barn Announces the Newest Member of the Family - PBteen; First Teen Exclusive Home Retailer Offers Everything Teens Need To Decorate Their World.
PR Newswire; 3/20/2003; 700+ words
; Pottery Barn, a brand owned by Williams-Sonoma...launch of PBteen, a new catalog in the Pottery Barn family. PBteen is the first home...customers have come to expect from all Pottery Barn brands. The premier catalog will...
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pottery
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
pottery the baked-clay wares of the entire ceramics field...the nature of the material, see clay . Types of Pottery It usually falls into three main classes—porous-bodied pottery, stoneware , and porcelain . Raw clay is transformed...
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SIC 3269 Pottery Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...consists of manufacturers of art and ornamental pottery, industrial and laboratory pottery, unglazed earthenware florists' articles...Vitreous China, Fine Earthenware, and Other Pottery Product Manufacturing) Industry Snapshot The...
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Red Wing Pottery Sales, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Red Wing Pottery Sales, Inc. 1920 West Main St. Red Wing...Vitreous China, Fine Earthenware and Other Pottery Product Manufacturing; 442299 All Other Home Furnishings Stores Red Wing Pottery Sales, Inc. is a retailer of dinnerware...
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Pottery Analysis
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Pottery Analysis Man first began making pots at...Neolithic agricultural villages. The need for pottery arose during the change-over from a food...able to store cereals for future use. But pottery was also used for carrying water, for...
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Pottery
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Pottery Background Pottery is clay that is modeled, dried, and fired, usually with a glaze...that give the clay different properties when worked and fired; thus pottery is not made from raw clay but a mixture of clay and other materials...
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