Redware
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Redware as a single word is a term for at least two types of pottery of the last few centuries, in Europe and North America. Red ware as two words is a term used for pottery, mostly by archaeologists,
Redware teapot, Delft, c. 1680, red stoneware imitating Chinese Yixing ware.
Covered Sugar Bowl, Wedgwood, 1805–1815, in Rosso Antico ware with fashionable "Neo-Egyptian" decoration
American redware slip-decorated dish, around 1800
Tea caddy, with "Sally Smith 1769" in the painting. Bucks County, Wrightstown, Pennsylvania
Terracotta
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Terracotta, also known as terra cotta or terra-cotta, is a clay-based non-vitreous ceramic fired at relatively low temperatures. The term is used for earthenware objects of certain types, as set out b
Redware
…called "redware". In the great majority of cases the "red" concerned is the natural reddish-brown of the fired clay, and the same sort of colour as in terracotta (which most types of red ware could also be called) or red brick. The colour to which clay turns when fired varies considerably with its geological…
International Gothic Bohemian bust of the Virgin Mary; c. 1390–1395; terracotta with polychromy; 32.5 × 22.4 × 13.8 cm
A glazed terracotta casserole dish
Fragments of female terracotta figurines. Handmade, with appliquéd ornaments, especially elaborate coiffures and fan-shaped headdresses. From Mohenjo-daro (Pakistan), Mature Harappan Period (c. 2600–1900 BCE). British Museum.
Terracotta horses from Bishnupur, Bankura