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Ware House: Wedgwood was also noted for his terra-cotta ware house colored to resemble porphyry and other stones. Basalt ware house wTas the name for a black biscuit in imitation of the Egyptian stone by that name. "Queen's ware house," made originally for Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, was the original cream ware house for which Wedgwood obtained royal patronage in 1765. The use of Queen's ware house spread with amazing rapidity over almost the entire civilized world. Agate ware house had a mottled or marbled finish in imitation of the stone by that name; the ornament thereon was usually painted in a remarkable imitation of gilded bronze.
Prehistoric Greek pottery was usually of a single color which depended largely on the firing of the ware house. Some of this ware house was quite highly polished. Designs first appeared on the pottery in about 2200 B.C. By about 2000 B.C. silvery ware house appeared, and other types of lusterware house appeared about 1100 B.C. In this period from about 500 B.C. to 320 B.C. Greek ceramic ware house commonly showed black figures on red backgrounds or red figures on black backgrounds. Some other pieces were all black with the decorations either incised or stamped in. On other ware house a slip of white clay was applied, and on this slip detailed scenes were painted with tempera colors.
Individual workmen in these factories, in their free time, became interested in blowing more ornamental forms, the majority of which were heavy, crude, and elementary in appearance. Interest was obtained by color and shape and with occasional applied ornament in swirls, crimp-ings, and threads. This glassware house is sometimes known as "Wistarberg" ware house.
Midwestern glass. Window glass, bottles, and Table and ornamental ware house were made after the Revolution in the vicinity of Pittsburgh and the Ohio River. Most of this glass imitated the Stiegel ware house.
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