Shatley Springs Uptown is proud to carry Vietri dinnerware. Vietri's products are known for the color and warmth that come from the passionate work of the hands of skilled Italian artisans.
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You can choose from dozens of patterns, so stop by our store and say hello, or pick up the phone and call 336-846-6795.
Bas-Relief
A manner of sculpturing where the designs or figures project only slightly from the background.
Biscuit
An earthenware or porcelain vessel that has been fired once but not glazed.
Ceramic
Objects made of clays that are processed through firing or baking. Can include pottery, earthenware, tile, porcelain, etc.
Crazing
Small lines that may appear in glaze. Generally due to the expansion and contraction of the ceramic caused by extreme changes in temperature.
Drinkware
Any glass item used for drinking.
Earthenware
Containers, tableware, etc made from baked clay.
Flatware
Table utensils, as in knives, forks, and spoons.
Glass Ornamentation
Gold decoration applied to the surface of cold glass and then fired a second time at a low temperature. After firing, the ornamentation must be burnished to create a shine.
Glazing
The process of applying glaze to ceramics so that they are sealed with a hard gloss-like finish and are impermeable to liquid absorption.
Maiolica
The Italian name for earthenware that has been coated with a tin-oxide glaze and is highly decorated in deep shades and colors. The term is sometimes used for all European tin-glazed earthenware but is more properly restricted to Italian wares and direct imitations of them.
Majolica
A corrupt form of the word maiolica applied in the 19th century to a type of earthenware very richly modeled and covered with thick and deeply colored glazes.
Mouth-Blown Glass
Glass that is shaped by blowing air through a hollow pipe into the glass to create any given shape. Used now mostly to create one-of-a-kind pieces.
Overglaze Decoration
Glaze that is applied to the surface of a ceramic piece that has already been glazed and fired, that covers the piece with a protective coating and then fixed by low-temperature firing.
Pottery
Any vessels made by potters of clay hardened by heat; earthenware.
Serveware
Any vessel used for serving food, particularly platters, trays and bowls.
Terra Bianca
White clay.
Terra Cotta
Porous red clay.
Underglaze
Decoration that is applied directly to the biscuit or bisque before glazing.
