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Crocker Galleria
Crocker is an archaic synonym of Pottery, potter. People and fictional characters * Crocker (name) Places Malaysia *Crocker Range of mountains in Borneo **Crocker Range National Park United Kingdom *Crocker End, hamlet in Oxfordshire, England United States *Crocker, Indiana, unincorporated community *Crocker, Iowa, unincorporated community *Crocker, Missouri, city *Crocker, South Dakota, census-designated place *Crocker, Washington, census designated place *Crocker-Amazon, San Francisco, California, neighborhood *Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California *Crocker Highlands, Oakland, California, neighborhood **Crocker Highlands Elementary School *Crocker Mountain (Maine) Business *Betty Crocker, brand name owned by General Mills *Crocker & Brewster, U.S. publisher based in Boston (1818–76) *Crocker Motorcycles, U.S. motorcycle manufacturer *Crocker National Bank, U.S. bank bought by Wells Fargo Other *Crocker (sport), combination of soccer football and cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pottery
Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made by a ''potter'' is also called a ''pottery'' (plural "potteries"). The definition of ''pottery'', used by the ASTM International, is "all fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products". In art history and archaeology, especially of ancient and prehistoric periods, "pottery" often means vessels only, and sculpted figurines of the same material are called "terracottas". Pottery is one of the oldest human inventions, originating before the Neolithic period, with ceramic objects like the Gravettian culture Venus of Dolní Věstonice figurine discovered in the Czech Republic dating back to 29,000–25,000 BC, and pottery vessels that were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
