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51Mycenaean pottery — is the pottery, produced by Mycenaean potters and divided by archaeologists into a series of stylistic phases, which can be grouped into four major stages, which roughly correspond with cultural/historical stages. Contents 1 Chronology 1.1… …
52Shigaraki ware — History As a traditional legend, a potter by the name of Kato Shirozaemon Kagemasa, also known as Toshiro, had supposedly gone to China with a Buddhist priest Dogen during the Joo era. Upon his return to Japan around 1227, he wandered through… …
53Chinese export porcelain — Chinese blue and white export porcelain, with European scene and French inscription The Empire of virtue is established to the end of the Universe , Kangxi period, 1690 1700. Chinese export porcelain concerns a wide range of …
54glassware — /glas wair , glahs /, n. articles of glass, esp. drinking glasses. [1705 15; GLASS + WARE1] * * * Introduction any decorative article made of glass, often designed for everyday use. From very early times glass has been used for various… …
55Tin-glazed pottery — is pottery covered in glaze containing tin oxide which is white, shiny and opaque. (See tin glazing.) The pottery body is usually made of red or buff colored earthenware and the white glaze was often used to imitate Chinese porcelain. Tin glazed… …
56Tariff of 1790 — In 1790, Alexander Hamilton, the secretary of the treasury, calculated that the United States required $3 million a year for operating expenses as well as enough revenue to repay the estimated $75 million in foreign and domestic debt. Under the… …
57Lao ceramics — were first uncovered in the Vientiane area in 1970 at a construction site at kilometer 3, Thadeua Road. Construction was halted only temporarily, and the kiln was hastily and unprofessionally excavated over a one month period. At least four more… …
58Langley Mill Pottery — was located in Langley Mill, Derbyshire on the Derbyshire – Nottinghamshire border. From its establishment in 1865 to its final closure in 1982, the pottery went through five distinct periods of ownership, producing a wide range of stoneware… …
59Ceramic art — Etruscan: Diomedes and Polyxena, from the Etruscan amphora of the Pontic group, ca. 540–530 BC. From Vulci …
60Bhirrana — or Birhana is a small village with great historical value. Located at Fatehabad District, in the Indian state of Haryana it does not exist on any tourist map. However, it is the part of an ancient civilisation which is broadly referred to as the… …
