Stoneware facts for kids
Stoneware is a broad term for pottery or other ceramics fired at a relatively high temperature. It may or may not be glazed. It was developed after earthenware and before porcelain. Stoneware can be made from a much wider range of clays than porcelain.
Historically, reaching high temperatures was a big challenge. Lower temperatures were used for a long time. Earthenware can be fired as low as 600°C. This was done in primitive pit firing, but 800 °C (1,470 °F) to 1,100 °C (2,010 °F) was more typical.
As a rough guide, modern earthenwares are normally fired in a kiln at temperatures in the range of about 1,000°C (1,830 °F) to 1,200 °C (2,190 °F); stonewares at between about 1,100 °C (2,010 °F) to 1,300 °C (2,370 °F); and porcelains at between about 1,200 °C (2,190 °F) to 1,400 °C (2,550 °F).
Images for kids
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Glazed Chinese stoneware storage jar from the Han Dynasty
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A Staffordshire pottery stoneware plate from the 1850s with white glaze and transfer printed design. Visually this hardly differs from earthenware or porcelain equivalents.
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Chinese Yixing teapot, Qing dynasty, c. 1765–1835, with painted slip.
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Wedgwood jasperware salt cellar with The Dancing Hours, 1780–1785
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Brown Bottger tea caddy, ~1710
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Caneware teapot molded in the form of cut bamboo, 1779-1780
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English red stoneware, early 1700s
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Modern raku ware vase.
See also
In Spanish: Gres para niños
