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  Porcelain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some clays used for making ceramic wares are too cohesive to be thrown on the wheel, including for example, the brown clays used to form the bodies of the red stonewares of Yixing in the Chinese province of Jiangsu and as a result of this Yixing-wares are almost always hand-built.
It is generally supposed that the first glazes to appear on ceramic wares resulted from the unavoidable presence in the kiln of lime-rich wood ash, which acted on the surface of the wares as a flux.
Porcelain wares may be decorated under the glaze, using pigments that include cobalt and copper, or over the glaze using coloured enamels.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/China_(pottery)   (2156 words)

  
 Stash Tea: Comparing and Contrasting Chinese and English Tea Ware
Early English tea ware could not compare to the beautiful porcelains and stoneware that were being produced in China, but it didn't take them long before they were making a high quality imitation in softpaste or slip painted earthenware with various types of salt and tin glazes.
Some said the porcelain ware was more visually pleasing because the froth from the whipped tea did not clash with the more delicate surface of the bowl, however, others, especially those drinking brewed tea, said the darker liquid was more pleasing in a stoneware bowl.
These tea wares were far superior to anything the Europeans had and the shippers found that they were as valued as the tea when society latched onto the "strange" ceramics accompanying their tea.
www.stashtea.com /teaware.htm   (4317 words)

  
 Notebook
The salt decomposes, forming sodium oxide and hydrochloric acid, the former combining with the alumina and silica of the surface of the wares to form a thin coating of glass.
Ting ware is a porcelain of variable translucency, orange by transmitted light, which was made at kilns near Ting Chou [Chihli Province] from the T'ang dynasty onwards.
The Sung wares are remarkable for bold, sensitive shapes - especially tall, swelling vases and jars with loop handles at the shoulder.
www.noteaccess.com /APPROACHES/DecorativeAA/PGlossary6.htm   (3778 words)

  
 ceramics
20 Coysh, A. Blue and white transfer ware 1780-1840.
Swatow in het Princessehof.Analysis of a Museum collection of Chinese tradeware.
the Royal Delft Ware Manufactory 'De Porceleyne Fles anno 1653' from the 17th cent.
www.nvva.nl /rijzendezon/catalogs/c00161.htm   (2610 words)

  
 Grammytique Oriental Boutique   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The mugs are 5 1/2" high and they do have some dents and mild scratches.
The mark on the bottom reads Kuthing Swatow Pewter.
This very pretty covered serving dish has a dainty hand painted rose design.
www.grammytique.com /styles/Oriental.htm   (1165 words)

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