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3、dtosupplementimportedEuropeanpottery.WhentheAmericanRevolution(1775-1783)interruptedtheflowofthesuperiorEuropeanware,therewasincentiveforAmericanpotterstoreplacetheimportswithcomparabledomesticgoods.Stoneware,whichhadbeensimple,utilitariankitchenware,grewincreasinglyornat
4、ethroughoutthenineteenthcentury,andinadditiontotheearlierscratchedanddrawndesigns,three-dimensionalmoldedreliefdecorationbecamepopular.Representationalmotifslargelyreplacedtheearlierabstractdecorations.Birdsandflowerswereparticularlyevident,butothersubjects—lions,flags,an
5、dclipperships—arefound.Somefigurines,mainlyofdogsandlions,weremadeinthismedium.Sometimesaname,usuallythatofthepotter,wasdie-stampedontoapiece.Asmoreandmorelargekilnswerebuilttocreatethehigh-firedstoneware,experimentsrevealedthatthesameclayusedtoproducelow-firedredwarecoul
6、dproduceastronger,palerpotteryiffiredatahottertemperature.Theresultwasyellowware,usedlargelyforserviceableitems;butafurtherdevelopmentwasRockinghamware—oneofthemostimportantAmericanceramicsofthenineteenthcentury.(ThenameofthewarewasprobablyderivedfromitsresemblancetoEngli
7、shbrown-glazedearthenwaremadeinSouthYorkshire.)Itwascreatedbyaddingabrownglazetothefiredclay,usuallygivingthefinishedproductamottledappearance.Variousmethodsofspatteringorspongingtheglazeontothewareaccountfortheextremelywidevariationsincolorandaddtotheinterestofcollecting
8、Rockingham.AnadvancedformofRockinghamwasflintenamel,createdbydustingmetallicpowdersontotheRockin
