stoneware - A buff, gray or brown clay which is mixed with other clays and ceramic materials to make a heavy, opaque, highly plastic clay body that is fired at a high temperature (above 1200 degrees F). It is in between earthenware and porcelain in its character. The term stoneware also refers to the clay body and objects made from it.

Examples:

China, Amphora (Ping) with Dragon Handles, early T'ang dynasty, about 618-700, ceramic, wheel-thrown stoneware with molded, modeled, and applied decoration and cream glaze, height 21 1/4 inches (53.98 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Japan, Kamakura period, 13th-14th century, Storage Jar, Tokoname ware, stoneware with ash glaze, 15 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches (diameter) (39.4 x 47.6 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art. See Japanese art.

American, Northeast, Jar, 18th century, stoneware, 8 x 6 inches, Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

Toshiko Takaezu (American, 1922-), Homage to Ko’olau Range, 1994-1995, stoneware, glaze, height 57 inches (144.78 cm), diameter 28 inches (71.12 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002), Big Missoula, 1995, stoneware, 41 x 30 x 29 inches (104.1 x 76.2 x 73.7 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Sara Radstone (English, 1955-), Untitled, 1987, stoneware, 12 x 13 x 5 inches (30.48 x 33.02 x 12.7 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Also see ceramics, earthenware, lead glaze, porcelain, pug mill, and terra cotta.

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