stone-paste
stone-paste noun: a mixture of clay and frit used to create ceramics.
Noun
stone-paste (countable and uncountable, plural stone-pastes)
- A mixture of clay and frit used to create ceramics.
- Akin to European soft-paste porcelain, this material, known as fritware or stone-paste, is described in the fourtheenth-century treatise of Ahu'l Qasim as consisting of ten parts ground quartz, one part ground glass and one part fine white clay.1997, Ian Freestone, David R. M. Gaimster, POTTERY IN THE MAKING PB, page 114
- Mason and Tite propse that Islamic stone-paste material may have been developed by migrant Iraqi potters in Egypt in the +10ᵗʰ to +11ᵗʰ centuries, after some initial experiments with adding powdered glass to clay bodies in Iraq in the +9th century.2004, Rose Kerr, Joseph Needham, Nigel Wood, Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, →ISBN
Forms of stone-paste
| plural | stone-pastes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | stone paste |
Origin of stone-paste
From stone + paste.
Questions about stone-paste
- What does stone-paste mean?
- Stone-paste means a mixture of clay and frit used to create ceramics.
- What part of speech is stone-paste?
- Stone-paste is a noun.
- What is the plural of stone-paste?
- The plural of stone-paste is stone-pastes.
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