terre de pipe

French pottery

Also known as: terre-de-Lorraine

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The term "terre de pipe" refers to a type of soft white earthenware, also known as terre-de-Lorraine. This material was produced in Lunéville, France, starting around 1755. It has a superficial resemblance to unglazed porcelain and was used for modeling figures.1

"Pipe clay" is a highly plastic, grayish-white clay that has been used historically, particularly in the making of tobacco pipes and for whitening leather.2

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Faience, or tin-glazed ware
…semiporcelain biscuit body known as terre-de-Lorraine, which was intended to resemble the biscuit porcelain of Sèvres. The work of both Sauvage and Cyfflé is extremely skillful.
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…semiporcelain biscuit body known as terre-de-Lorraine, which was intended to resemble the biscuit porcelain of Sèvres. The work of both Sauvage and Cyfflé is extremely skillful.
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Lunéville faience
…figures in a body called terre de pipe (sometimes called terre-de-Lorraine), a soft white earthenware that is a kind of unglazed faience fine with a superficial resemblance to biscuit, or unglazed, porcelain. The Lunéville factory also made faience fine, some of which is in the Rococo style.
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…figures in a body called terre de pipe (sometimes called terre-de-Lorraine), a soft white earthenware that is a kind of unglazed faience fine with a superficial resemblance to biscuit, or unglazed, porcelain. The Lunéville factory also made faience fine, some of which is in the Rococo style.
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