Stoneware baking sheet

On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Stoneware is a rather broad term for pottery or other ceramics fired at a relatively high temperature. Stoneware is not recognised as a category in traditional East Asian terminology, and much Stoneware baking sheet stoneware, such as Chinese Ding ware for example, is counted as porcelain by local definitions.

Terms such as “porcellaneous” or “near-porcelain” may be used in such cases. Stoneware, which, though dense, impermeable and hard enough to resist scratching by a steel point, differs from porcelain because it is more opaque, and normally only partially vitrified. It may be vitreous or semi-vitreous. Traditional stoneware: a dense and inexpensive body. It is opaque, can be of any colour and breaks with a conchoidal or stony fracture. Traditionally made of fine-grained secondary, plastic clays which can be used to shape very large pieces. Fine stoneware: made from more carefully selected, prepared, and blended raw materials.