as in ceramics
articles made of baked clay
we picked up some ceramic vases in a pottery store
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To make the display look interesting, stand some books upright and stack larger books horizontally to serve as pedestals for decorative items like a picture frame or piece of pottery.
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Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 May 2025
Barnett’s own journey threads through the pages, particularly in her essay linking pre-emancipation pottery traditions to liberation.
—Byron Armstrong, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Establishing a pottery business was complex and costly.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025
The museum will also display Catawba pottery and some original artifacts from Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church, Charlotte’s oldest church, attended by some of the Meck Dec signers.
—Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2025
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Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 May 2025
Barnett’s own journey threads through the pages, particularly in her essay linking pre-emancipation pottery traditions to liberation.
—Byron Armstrong, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Establishing a pottery business was complex and costly.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025
The museum will also display Catawba pottery and some original artifacts from Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church, Charlotte’s oldest church, attended by some of the Meck Dec signers.
—Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2025
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“Pottery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pottery. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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