She took a step back and stumbled over the broken pottery.

She fetched quite a supply of broken pottery and, we set to work.

Those bits of broken pottery came from a jar that was used to hold scented oil.

Occasionally, a piece of broken pottery may be referred to as a shard.

The light's narrow beam picked out broken pottery and debris.

If you dug there you'd probably find bits of broken pottery, and stuff like that.

They had been tagging bits of broken pottery and now rose to greet them.

She picked her way around a pile of broken pottery.

It is also sometimes used to refer to a similar technique for restoring broken pottery and other small objects.

"But one card might refer to 475 projectile points or 100 pieces of broken pottery."