Sea pottery

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Sea pottery in several colors and patterns featuring flowers and other designs

Sea pottery (also known as "sea china" or "sea porcelain" or "beach pottery") is pottery which is broken into worn pieces and shards and found on beaches along oceans or large lakes. Sea pottery has been tumbled and smoothed by the water and sand, creating small pieces of smooth, frosted pottery. It is often collected with more common sea glass by beachcombers.^[1]

Origins

Sea pottery originates from pottery, including earthenware, stoneware and porcelain which breaks into smaller pieces and is smoothed by the acidity and motion of an ocean or lake, the sand or grit polishes the edges like a natural tumbler. Much of the sea pottery in the United Kingdom and United States originated from discarded 18th and 19th century porcelain made in Europe and America^{[citation needed]}. Some sea pottery contains discernible patterns, such as flowers, figures, historic places and scenes, or hallmarks, factory stamps and dates which allow the pottery to be dated using pottery reference guides.^[2]

Uses

Sea pottery is often used in household decorations and furnishings as well as jewelry. Some enthusiasts fill jars with sea pottery to display. Sea pottery is sold in various stores. Because most sea pottery originates from turn of the century ceramics (glass and ceramics were used more widely for consumables before plastic) it is becoming increasingly less common to find these pieces now. Individual unusual pieces can fetch good prices and collecting sea pottery has become popular^{[citation needed]}.

References

↑ Richard LaMotte, "Pure Sea Glass," (Chestertown, MD: Sea Glass Publishing, 2004).
↑ C.S. Lambert, Sea Glass Chronicles:whispers from the past, (Down East Book, Camden, ME: 2001)

External links

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Glossary of pottery terms

Materials	Earthenware Stoneware Porcelain Ball clay Bentonite Ironstone china Terracotta Ash glaze

Techniques	Pinching Coiling Wheel throwing

Processes	Burnishing RAM pressing Slipcasting Glazing Firing Bisque firing Saggar firing Pit firing

Products	Studio pottery Salt glaze pottery Delftware Ceramics of indigenous peoples of the Americas Harvest jug Kakiemon Poole Pottery Jasperware Rockingham Pottery Restaurant ware Sea pottery Slipware Yellowware

Notable potters	Potters by nationality

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