Stoneware vs Greenware - What's the difference?
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A type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous.
(ceramics, usually, uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
* {{quote-book
, year=1991
, author=Irene Wittig
, title=The Clay Canvas
, isbn=080198016X
(ceramics, rare) A form of Chinese pottery having a green glaze.
* {{quote-book,
year=1983
, author=Yaw Lu and Mary Tregear
, title=Song Ceramics
, isbn=9971837269
Greenware is a related term of stoneware.
As nouns the difference between stoneware and greenware
is that stoneware is a type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous while greenware is pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.stoneware
English
(wikipedia stoneware)Noun
(en noun)References
*greenware
English
Noun
(en-noun)citation, page=9 , passage=Greenware needs to be cleaned and then fired to bisque.}}
citation, page=5 , passage=Other kilns in Shaanxi and Henan and other provinces in the North, like Shanxi and Shandong, also produced greenwares during the Song period.}}