pottery
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She said she was inspired to spread the word about the city after watching a BBC News report about pottery firms falling into administration.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Asian hornets spread through Europe after arriving in southern France in 2004, having reportedly hitched a ride in a consignment of pottery from Asia.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
She lived in a one-story house and worked painting pottery at the famed Madoura studio, which attracted Picasso and other French artists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Despite these hardships, they formed a community, depicted by a slave-cabin diorama and a display of everyday artifacts found on the property, such as tobacco pipes, a jaw harp, pottery and other items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Hence hunter-gatherers usually don’t have pottery, because most sedentary societies elsewhere in the world arose only with the adoption of agriculture.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The Royal Stafford brand was established in 1845 and the firm described itself as one of the handful of potteries with all production taking place in England.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2025
Stoneware potteries, coal mines, and steel mills mostly died off to be replaced by refineries, hazardous waste incinerators, unconventional gas wells, and petrochemical facilities.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2023
Sometime after the Emancipation Proclamation, he relocated to Texas, where he worked in potteries formed by other freedmen from Edgefield.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
A range of jubilee teacups, mugs, plates and pillboxes is being produced in Stoke-on-Trent, England, where potteries have been making royal commemorative ware for generations.
From Washington Post ● May 31, 2022
Archeological, documentary, and literary evidences indicate that yellow sgraffito ware, gravel-tempered earthenware utensils, and gravel-tempered pottery ovens were made in several potteries in and around Barnstaple and Bideford in North Devon.
From North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century by Watkins, C. Malcolm
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