![]() ![]() Twice-fired wares become the dominant means of ceramic production and many later wares (Rockingham, yellow ware, underglaze printed and painted earthenware, etc.), grow out of this development. The solidity of vessels fired to the biscuit stage, coupled with the white-firing refined earthenware, made it possible to employ a variety of decorative techniques. Each vessel was first fired to a bisque or biscuit stage at that point it could be decorated further before being glazed and fired again. The development of creamware, which was fired twice, marked a major transition in the English pottery industry. Variations in decorative techniques, such as molding, underglaze and overglaze painting and transfer-printing, are used to describe and date these wares. Creamware can range in color from ivory to tan to straw-colored. ![]() Creamware is thinly potted, clear lead-glazed refined earthenware with a cream-colored body. ![]()
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