TERRECOTTE CENCINI, Pienza
The company manufactures articles in terracotta continuing the local tradition.
The high quality of the clay of our area, combined with the manual processing of expert artisans and the high temperature burning, give products a high frost resistance, ensuring at the plants cultivated in them the right transpiration.
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Terrecotte Cencini s.n.c.
Loc. Fornaci
S.s. 146 Km 35,500
53026 Pienza (Siena) – ITALY
Ph +39 0578 749400
Email terrecottecencini@hotmail.it
Web www.terrecottecencini.it
Where in TuscanyAn appropriate refined clay is formed to the desired shape. After drying it is placed in a kiln, or atop combustible material in a pit, and then fired. The typical firing temperature is around 1000°C. The iron content gives the fired body a yellow, orange, red, “terracotta”, pink, grey or brown color. Fired terracotta is not watertight, but surface-burnishing the body before firing can decrease its porousness and a layer of glaze can make it watertight. It is suitable for in-ground use to carry pressurized water (an archaic use), for garden ware or building decoration in tropical environments, and for oil containers, oil lamps, or ovens. Most other uses, such as for tableware, sanitary piping, or building decoration in freezing environments, require the material to be glazed. Terracotta, if uncracked, will ring if lightly struck.