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FINE STONEWARE [2 records]

Record 1 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stoneware
DEF

A type of fine, white porcellaneous stoneware, hard and compact, and sometimes slightly translucent.

Key term(s)
  • porcellaneous stoneware
  • porcelaneous ware

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grès
CONT

La pâte des grès fins, de composition très voisine de celles des faïences fines et des porcelaines, se prépare en général comme la pâte de ces dernières.

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique Ceramics (Museums and Heritage)
  • Stoneware
DEF

Fine-grained stoneware of sophisticated form, such as Wedgwood's jasper and black basalts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Céramique ancienne (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Grès
OBS

Paul Utzschneider (à Sarreguemines) réalisa des pièces dans le goût de Wedgwood, pièces ornées d'un décor en relief dont la couleur formait contraste avec la teinte du fond (...) il reçut une mention honorable "pour ses premiers essais d'imitation de terre à pâte colorée de Wedgwood.

Spanish

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