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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KylieS, post: 9487858, member: 22292&quot;]I think the seller misnamed the materials of the listed piece - and it&#039;s hard to tell exactly what the material the OP has from the images. Unglazed stoneware in grey can look very like cement in a picture. They could tell from the hardness of it perhaps, but I personally couldn&#039;t make a call based on these images. </p><p><br /></p><p>From Wikipedia (translated):</p><p>&quot;The ceramics of Saint-Uze is the current name of a type of ceramic that was produced in several villages of the Drôme from the early nineteenth century and during the twentieth century, especially in the village <b>of Saint-Uze</b> (<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C3%B4me_(d%C3%A9partement)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C3%B4me_(d%C3%A9partement)" rel="nofollow">Drôme</a> )<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ramique_de_Saint-Uze#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ramique_de_Saint-Uze#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">n 1</a>,<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ramique_de_Saint-Uze#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ramique_de_Saint-Uze#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">1</a>. It is a type of porcelain stoneware, a fine <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A8s_(c%C3%A9ramique)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A8s_(c%C3%A9ramique)" rel="nofollow">stoneware</a><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ramique_de_Saint-Uze#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ramique_de_Saint-Uze#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">n 2</a>, opaque, enameled, called &quot;fire porcelain&quot;. It is not <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%C3%AFence" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%C3%AFence" rel="nofollow">earthenware</a> or &quot;<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terre_de_fer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terre_de_fer" rel="nofollow">iron earth</a>&quot;. »<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ramique_de_Saint-Uze#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ramique_de_Saint-Uze#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">2</a>. A fine sandstone is composed of <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaolin_(g%C3%A9ologie)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaolin_(g%C3%A9ologie)" rel="nofollow">kaolin</a> and <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldspath" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldspath" rel="nofollow">feldspar</a> serving as a flux for the formation of a glassy phase<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ramique_de_Saint-Uze#cite_note-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ramique_de_Saint-Uze#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">3</a>.&quot;</p><p>Link here for anyone interested: <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ramique_de_Saint-Uze" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ramique_de_Saint-Uze" rel="nofollow">Ceramics of Saint-Uze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I am not saying this is the definitive origin of this piece btw! But if they inherited it, and know it to be of age, it might be a possibility.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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