earthenware, form of pottery pottery, the baked-clay wares of the entire ceramics field. For a description of the nature of the material, see clay. Types of Pottery

It usually falls into three main classes—porous-bodied pottery, stoneware, and porcelain.
..... Click the link for more information. fired at relatively low temperatures, so that the clay does not vitrify (become glassy), as do stoneware and porcelain clays. Occasionally, earthenware is used as a general term for all kinds of pottery.

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Lead-glazed earthenware water pot, Paris, 15th century, in the National Museum of Ceramics, …

(credit: Courtesy of (top, bottom) the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, (centre) the Musee National de la Ceramique, Sevres)

Pottery that has been fired at low heat and is slightly more porous and coarser than stoneware and porcelain. For practical and decorative purposes, it is usually glazed. The earliest known pottery, a soft earthenware excavated at a Neolithic settlement in Turkey, is thought to be about 9,000 years old. Earthenware is still widely used for cooking, freezing, and serving. See also creamware.

earthenware

vessels, etc., made of baked clay

earthenware [′ər·thən‚wer]

(engineering)

Ceramic products of natural clay, fired at 1742-2129°F (950-1165°C), that is slightly porous, opaque, and usually covered with a nonporous glaze.

earthenware

1. A glazed or unglazed nonvitreous ceramic whiteware, having an absorption of more than 3%.

2.See stoneware.

stoneware, earthenware

A hard, vitrified ceramic ware, usually salt-glazed and treated in a kiln at a high temperature; the vitrified body is waterproof, frostproof, and well-suited for use on the exterior of buildings.

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Now the earthenware pot tried its best to keep aloof from the brass one, which cried out: "Fear nothing, friend, I will not strike you.

Fables by Aesop View in context

His son and his son's wife were disgusted at this, so the old grandfather at last had to sit in the corner behind the stove, and they gave him his food in an earthenware bowl, and not even enough of it.

Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context

Having travelled some days, we were met by the King's brother, to whom, by the advice of Chec Furt, whose intent in following us was to squeeze all he could from us; we presented some pieces of Chinese workmanship, such as cases of boxes, a standish, and some earthenware, together with several pieces of painted calico, which were so much more agreeable, that he desired some other pieces instead of our Chinese curiosities; we willingly made the exchange.

A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context

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