n.
Pottery fired at a high temperature (about 2,200°F, or 1,200°C) until vitrified (made glasslike and impervious to liquid).
Because stoneware is nonporous, glaze is applied only for decoration. Stoneware originated in China 0441; 1400 BC and was exported to Europe in the 17th century. This red to dark-brown stoneware was copied in Germany, England, and the Netherlands. See also bone china , porcelain .
Salt-glazed stoneware Bartmannkrug with applied relief decoration, Cologne, c. 1540; ...
By courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph, Wilfrid Walter
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