Lagarge, his companion-a thin, cadaverous-looking man with a big head and the general air of having been carved out of an old root-a great expert in ceramics-listening intently, bobbing his head in toy-mandarin fashion whenever one of Holker's iconoclasms cleared the air.
"Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero"
F. Hopkinson Smith
There was the sound of breaking ceramics as a floor lamp went over, and then a table followed it, but Malone avoided both.
"Out Like a Light"
Gordon Randall Garrett
Six months later they learned that he had showed up on Khepera, with which they were now trading, and had flooded the market there with plundered textiles, hardware, ceramics and plastics.
"Space Viking"
Henry Beam Piper