pottery

Ware, such as vases, pots, bowls, or plates, shaped from moist clay and hardened by heat.

The craft or occupation of a potter.

The place where a potter works.

The ware or vessels made by potters; baked earthenware, glazed or unglazed.

A place where earthen vessels are made.

The business of a potter; the manufacture of earthenware.

cylinders, prisms, and so-called barrels, all intended to receive inscriptions which are impressed upon them;

flat tablets or tiles inscribed in the same way, and stored together in immense collections, forming libraries or collections of records, according to their subjects;

vessels for various uses—not generally rich in decoration, and for the most part of plain unglazed clay.

Imitations of the true Palissy ware, made by modern manufacturers, and often extremely successful, so as to be deceptive.