fireclay
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The fireclay kitchen sink features an embossed apron front and bridge faucet, in keeping with the home’s history.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2021
Created for Franke by Villeroy & Bosh is a new series of fireclay sinks.
From Time Magazine Archive
For this reason I would recommend a furnace of fireclay, as it retains its heat for a long time, and is not subject to the rapid changes of iron stoves.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Robert Owen Allsop
House drains should be made either of glazed stoneware pipes or fireclay pipes with cement joints, or preferably of cast iron pipes jointed with carefully-made lead joints, or with turned joints and bored sockets.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 by Various
Plumbago or graphite is largely used in the production of crucibles, not in the pure state but in admixture with fireclay; the proportion of the former varies with the quality from 25 to nearly 50%.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
