Swatow ware or Swatow is a common name for a group of mainly late Ming export porcelain from China intended for the South East Asian market. The Ming Dynasty (Chinese: 明朝; Pinyin: míng cháo) was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, though claims to the Ming throne (now collectively called the Southern Ming) survived until 1662. ... Jump to: navigation, search A rare Dresden porcelain figurine Porcelain is a type of hard semi-translucent ceramic generally fired at a higher temperature than glazed earthenware, or stoneware pottery. ...
The name may be claimed to be misleading as the exact location of the kilns are as yet largely unidentified. However, they are generally thought to be located in the vicinity of what was formerly known as the port of Swatow (now Shantou) on the northern coast of the Guandong region. Jump to: navigation, search Charcoal Kilns, California Gold Kiln, Victoria, Australia A kiln is an oven that is used for hardening, burning, or drying anything. ... The historic quarter of Shantou, which features both Western and Chinese architecture Shantou (Simplified: 汕头, Traditional: 汕é Pinyin: Shà ntóu; Min Chinese: SwátÅw or SuátÄo) is a city of 784,000 in coastal eastern Guangdong Province, China. ... The historic quarter of Shantou, which features both Western and Chinese architecture Shantou (Simplified: 汕头, Traditional: 汕é Pinyin: Shà ntóu; Min Chinese: SwátÅw or SuátÄo) is a city of 784,000 in coastal eastern Guangdong Province, China. ...
Swatow ware is generally coarse, crudely potted and often under fired. Decoration in blue and white is by far the most common, although many polychrome wares, mainly with iron red and green overglaze decorations, are known. Polychrome is one of the terms used to describe the use of multiple colors in one entity. ...
Some clays used for making ceramic wares are too cohesive to be thrown on the wheel, including for example, the brown clays used to form the bodies of the red stonewares of Yixing in the Chinese province of Jiangsu and as a result of this Yixing-wares are almost always hand-built.
It is generally supposed that the first glazes to appear on ceramic wares resulted from the unavoidable presence in the kiln of lime-rich wood ash, which acted on the surface of the wares as a flux.
Porcelainwares may be decorated under the glaze, using pigments that include cobalt and copper, or over the glaze using coloured enamels.
Early English tea ware could not compare to the beautiful porcelains and stoneware that were being produced in China, but it didn't take them long before they were making a high quality imitation in softpaste or slip painted earthenware with various types of salt and tin glazes.
Some said the porcelainware was more visually pleasing because the froth from the whipped tea did not clash with the more delicate surface of the bowl, however, others, especially those drinking brewed tea, said the darker liquid was more pleasing in a stoneware bowl.
These tea wares were far superior to anything the Europeans had and the shippers found that they were as valued as the tea when society latched onto the "strange" ceramics accompanying their tea.
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