stoneware
Noun
Meaning
A species of coarse potter's ware, glazed and baked.
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Amongst the first to produce ceramic insulators were companies in the United Kingdom, with Stiff and Doulton using stoneware from the mid-1840s, Joseph Bourne (later renamed Denby ) producing them from around 1860 and Bullers from 1868.
Although any clay body can be used, white stoneware clay bodies are unsuitable for the western raku process unless some material is added to deal with thermal shock.
Apfelwein is also available in a stoneware jar locally known as "Bembel".
And in "Architecture of Time," the stoneware sculpture of Dana Kroos is juxtaposed against large charcoal drawings by Laura Scandrett.
A similar site, containing T'ang stoneware and dating to the 9th and 10th centuries, was discovered in Al Naman (north of Zubarah ).
The name of the festival derives from its original purpose, when it was a fair where traditionally crafted jars, pots and other stoneware were on offer.