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thumb|Chinese Ru ware celadon-glazed bottle vase, [[Northern Song, 11th–12th century]]
tableware
thumb|upright=1.3|Formal dining table laid for a large private dinner party at Chatsworth House thumb|upright=1.3|Table laid for six at the Royal Castle, Warsaw, (18th–19th century fashion)
celadon
Celadon () is a term for pottery denoting both wares glazed in the jade green celadon color, also known as greenware or "green ware" (the term specialists now tend to use), and a type of transparent glaze, often with small cracks, that was first used on greenware, but later used on other porcelains. Celadon originated in China, though the term is purely European, and notable kilns such as the Longquan kiln in Zhejiang province are renowned for their celadon glazes. Celadon production later spread to other parts of East Asia, such as Japan and Korea, as well as Southeast Asian countries, such a
bone china
porcelain composed of bone ash, feldspathic material, and kaolin
blue and white ceramic
white pottery and porcelain decorated under the glaze with a blue pigment, generally cobalt oxide
Zsolnay
thumb|right|Eosin glaze of Zsolnay fountain, Pécs Zsolnay, or formally Zsolnay Porcelánmanufaktúra Zrt (Zsolnay Porcelain Manufactory Private Limited) is a Hungarian manufacturer of porcelain, tiles, and stoneware. The company introduced the eosin glazing process and pyrogranite ceramics.
biscuit porcelain
unglazed, white ceramic ware
lithophane
thumb|upright 0.9|Lithophane of Frederick the Great, lit from front. After a well known painting by [[Julius Schrader (1849).]] thumb|The same lithophane, backlit
Augarten porcelain
company
Rörstrand
Rörstrand porcelain is one of the most famous Swedish porcelain manufacturers, with production initially at Karlbergskanalen in Birkastan in Stockholm.
trembleuse
thumb|Vienna porcelain trembleuse cup with gallery from the du Paquier period, 1730 thumb|Gobelet et soucoupe enfoncé by Manufacture nationale de Sèvres|Sèvres c. 1776
Herend Porcelain Manufactory
Hungarian manufacturing company
hard-paste porcelain
type of ceramic
ormolu
thumb|French ormolu mantel clock (around 1800) by Julien Béliard (1758 – died after 1806), Paris. The clock case by Claude Galle (1758–1815) Ormolu (; ) is the gilding technique of applying finely ground, high-carat gold–mercury amalgam to an object of bronze, and objects finished in this way. The mercury is driven off in a kiln, leaving behind a gold coating. The French refer to this technique as ; in English, it is known as gilt bronze. Around 1830, legislation in France outlawed the use of mercury for health reasons, though use continued to the 1900s.
Gustavsberg porcelain
porcelain factory in Sweden
soft-paste porcelain
Porcelain material consisting of clay and other materials
Lladró
Lladró () is a Spanish company based in Tavernes Blanques, Valencia, that produces high-end lighting, home accessories, decorative sculptures and porcelain figurines.
De Porceleyne Fles
Dutch earthenware factory
Talavera of Puebla
type of Mexican majolica pottery
willow pattern
distinctive and elaborate chinoiserie pattern, primarily used on pottery
Blue Onion
fine porcelain tableware pattern of flowers, foliage and fruit in a blue underglaze
china cabinet
furniture type
Doccia porcelain
Italian porcelain manufactory
dental porcelain
type of material used in dentistry
Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov
Russian inventor
Bát Tràng porcelain
type of ceramics made in the village of the same name
Vista Alegre
company
Medici porcelain
manufacturers of soft-paste porcelain in Florence, Italy
Museo delle Porcellane
museum in Italy
Viennese Porcelain Manufactory
porcelain manufacturer in Alsergrund, Vienna, Austria, founded in 1718 as a private enterprise by Claudius Innocentius du Paquier and taken over by the Viennese Imperial Court in 1744
ceramic tile
tiles made of ceramic material
Vezzi porcelain
Porcelain type from Venice
Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik
Hausmaler
thumb|Augsburg hausmalerei cup 1725-40 thumb|Meissen teapot of c. 1725, painted in Delft c. 1730
Benjarong
thumb|Benjarong, 19th century
porcelain money
coinage made from ceramics
Spa cup
cup used to drink mineral or thermal water directly from the spring
Cozzi porcelain
Porcelain Produced By Cozzi, Venice, Italy.
Hummel figurines
a series of porcelain figurines
Capodimonte porcelain
Type of porcelain