Art

When searching for books or other types of resources, use these subject headings.

Broad Terms:
Ceramics
Decorative arts
House furnishings
Porcelain
Pottery

Porcelain can be subdivided geographically. Some narrower terms of use are:

Blue and white ware
Ceramic tableware
China dolls
Commemorative porcelain
Haviland china
Miniature porcelain
Porcelain boxes
Solitaires (Tableware)
Souvenir china
Tureens
White porcelain

Other categories of terms include:

Porcelain—Dating
Porcelain—Marks
Porcelain, American
Porcelain, Chinese—Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
Porcelain, Chinese—Islamic influences

Subject headings also exist for specific types of porcelain:

Coalport porcelain
Derby porcelain
Dresden porcelain
Hummel figurines
Meissen porcelain
Royal Winton porcelain 
Sèvres porcelain
Thuringian ware

Pottery can also be subdivided geographically, and has numerous narrower terms:

Art pottery
Black pottery
Cloisonné
Faience
Jasperware
Luster-ware
Majolica
Plates (Tableware)
Portraits on Pottery
Pottery figures
Redware
Slipware
Stoneware
Terra-cotta
Urns
Willowware

Here are some additional subdivided types of headings:

Pottery—19th century
Pottery—Collectors and collecting
Pottery—History
Pottery—Marks
Pottery—Private collections
Pottery—California

However, there are also inverted headings for pottery by time period and country as well:

Pottery, African
Pottery, American

• Acoma pottery
• Bennington pottery
• Fiesta ware
• Rookwood pottery

Pottery, American—Japanese influences
Pottery, Ancient
Pottery, English

• Chelsea pottery
• Chintzware
• Pratt ware
• Staffordshire pottery
• Wedgwood ware
• And others

Pottery, Hungarian
Pottery, Yoruba

Pottery categories can have headings:

Pottery animals
Pottery as an investment
Pottery craft
Pottery in art
Pottery industry

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