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Earthenware

This term has 4,019 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object category
Material
Technique
Unit

Getty AAT term number

3000140803

Broader Terms used

<pottery (object genre)>

Narrower Terms used

barbotine
creamware
Delftware
drabware
faïence
lusterware
maiolica
majolica
marbled ware
pearlware
redware
tin-glazed earthenware
white earthenware
yellowware

Term used for

earthenare

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Model cradle

Model cradle

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery (Probably)

An image of Jug

Europe Preserved

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified English factory
Engraver: Terebenev, Ivan Ivanovic (After)
Engraver: Cruikshank, George (After)

An image of Animal figure

Greyhound

Maker(s)

Production: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)
Production: Wood, Ralph, III (Possibly)
Production: Wood, John, I, potter (Possibly)

An image of Figure

Girl

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Uncertain)

An image of Mug

Mug

Maker(s)

Production: unidentified English pottery

An image of Figure

Winter

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Animal figure

Ram

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

An image of Animal figure

Fox with a dead Chicken

Maker(s)

Production: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)
Production: Wood, Ralph, III (Possibly)

An image of Animal figure

Bulldog

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Animal figure group

Lion carrying Cupid

Maker(s)

Production: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)

An image of Figure

The Goddess Diana

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Spill vase

Spill vase with two deer

Maker(s)

Unidentified factory
Potter: John Walton (Possibly)

An image of Money box

Money box

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

An image of Figure

Man Drinking

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Animal figure

Cat

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Possibly)

An image of Figure

Mark Antony

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

An image of Group

Young man standing beside a cow and a recumbent dog

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)
Production: Unidentified Yorkshire factory (Possibly)

An image of Animal figure

Lion

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified factory

An image of Figure

Seated woman reading

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified

An image of Figure

Fortitude

Maker(s)

Factory: Enoch Wood
Potter: Wood, Enoch
Sculptor: Rysbrack, John Michael (After)
Factory: Wood & Caldwell

An image of Mug

The Execution of Louis XVI King of France

Maker(s)

Factory: Aynsley, John

An image of Figure

James Quin in the role of Sir John Falstaff

Maker(s)

Production: Wood & Caldwell

An image of Jug

Jug

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown (Probably)

An image of Figure

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

Maker(s)

Production: Wood, Ralph II (Probably)

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