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ID: 300011667
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300011667

 

Record Type: concept
potstone (soapstone (metamorphic rock), metamorphic rock, ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: A soft, easily carved soapstone, used since prehistoric times for making pots and other household utensils.
 
Terms:
potstone (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
potsteen (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
piedra ollar (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by composition>
............ <materials by composition> (G)
Hierarchy of inorganic material
................ inorganic material (G)
Hierarchy of rock (inorganic material)
.................... rock (inorganic material) (G)
Hierarchy of metamorphic rock
........................ metamorphic rock (G)
Hierarchy of soapstone (metamorphic rock)
............................ soapstone (metamorphic rock) (G)
Hierarchy of potstone
................................ potstone (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Een min of meer onzuivere steatiet die vooral in de prehistorie werd gebruikt voor het maken van kookpotten . 
Spanish ..... Esteatita más o menos impura utilizada en especial en tiempos prehistóricos para hacer vasijas para cocinar. 

Sources and Contributors:
piedra ollar............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.......................  Chambers, Diccionario científico y tecnológico (1979) 232
potsteen............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)
potstone............  [VP Preferred]
.................  Mayer, Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (1969) 308
.................  National Museum of American Art, Media Thesaurus (1980s)
.................  Sturgis, Dictionary of Architecture and Building (1901) Vol. 3, 200
.................  Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) 1776
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-)
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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