Four pyrite stoneware shells

The cockroaches are in perfect condition, no accidents, no cracks or splinters. To report. They were then turned and then enamelled one by one by a potter, and are, therefore, although almost similar, all slightly different from each other, it is the nature of the earth and its natural nuances that have created the pattern here. When it comes to stoneware, the color of the ceramic paste is sometimes a decoration in itself. Many natural clays are colored by iron compounds, and some by manganese compounds. Sometimes a sandstone clay contains pyrite in relatively large granules giving after firing metallized stains. French regional craftsmanship of the second half of the twentieth century.

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