Stoneware
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Stoneware is a broad class of pottery fired at a relatively high temperature, to be impervious to water. A modern definition is a vitreous or semi-vitreous ceramic made primarily from stoneware clay o
Jian ware tea bowl with "hare's fur" glaze, southern Song dynasty, 12th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art (see below)
Three contemporary stoneware mixing bowls
Telegraph insulator, 1840s–1850
American stoneware jug with Albany slip glaze on the top, c. 1900, Red Wing, Minnesota
Earthenware
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Earthenware is glazed or unglazed nonvitreous pottery that has normally been fired below 1,200 °C. Basic earthenware, often called terracotta, absorbs liquids such as water. However, earthenware can b
Stoneware
…challenge, and temperatures somewhat below these were used for a long time. It was developed independently in different locations around the world, after earthenware and before porcelain. Stoneware is not recognised as a category in traditional East Asian terminology, and much Asian stoneware, such as Chinese Ding…
Painted, incised and glazed earthenware. Dated 10th century, Iran. New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Top section of a water jug or habb. Earthenware. Late 12th-early 13th century Iraq or Syria. Brooklyn Museum
Tea served in a kulhar, which are disposable earthenware teacups in South Asia
Terracotta flower pots with terracotta tiles in the background