Grog (clay) — Grog, also known as firesand and chamotte, is a ceramic raw material. It has high percentage of silica and alumina. It can be produced by firing selected fire clays to high temperature before grinding and screening to specific particle sizes. It… … Wikipedia
Grog (disambiguation) — Grog may refer to the following:* Grog, alcoholic beverages * Grog (clay), a type of ceramic * Grogs, fictional alien species in Larry Niven s Known Space universe * Grog, a character in the B.C. (comic strip) * Grog the God Slayer, a fictional… … Wikipedia
grog — /grog/, n. 1. a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot. 2. any strong alcoholic drink. 3. fired and crushed clay. [1760 70; from Old Grog (alluding to his GROGRAM cloak), the nickname of… … Universalium
grog — Clay which has been fired and ground into fine granules, used as an ingredient in a clay body or as a base on which clay is worked or fired which allows the form to contract freely as it dries. It may also be used for molds and cores and for… … Glossary of Art Terms
Mississippian culture pottery — is the ceramic tradition of the Mississippian culture (800 to 1600 CE) found as artifacts in archaeological sites in the American Midwest and Southeast. It is often characterized by the adoption and use of riverine (or more rarely marine) shell… … Wikipedia
Ceramics of indigenous peoples of the Americas — Moche portrait vessel, Musée du quai Branly, ca. 100 700 CE, 16 x 29 x 22 cm … Wikipedia
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Pottery — Pot and Pots redirect here. For Pot, see Pot (disambiguation). For POTS, see POTS (disambiguation). Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum … Wikipedia
List of pottery terms — Historically the production of pottery has been a characteristic of human activity in most areas of the world. Over time, each culture has established terms which define tools, ingredients and production techniques. Terms currently in use may be… … Wikipedia
Raku ware — A 16th century black Raku style chawan, used for thick tea (Tokyo National Museum) File:Tea bowl with designs of pine boughs and interlocking circles, unknown raku ware workshop, Kyoto, 18th 19th Cent, Freer Gallery of Art.jpg Tea bowl with… … Wikipedia
Stoneware — a vitreous or semivitreous ceramic ware of fine texture, made primarily from nonrefactory fire clay. [Standard Terminology Of Ceramic Whiteware and Related Products. ASTM Standard C242.] Its maturation temperature ranges from about 1200°C to 1315 … Wikipedia