Sugar, Spice, Oxide, Glaze

I have been trying to figure out what the "look" I am trying to accomplish is. It seems to be a tea-stained-like effect. Cracks, fades, matte and shiny in places where an object wouldn't be worn out over years of use...

I tried some variations with oxides and glazes, putting to use the feel I've developed of their different "looks" in my experimentation with ceramics.

 Some I painted with oxides and then lifted the colour off of the raised areas.
Some I glazed a light brown glaze over the oxide layer.
Some I clear glazed over the oxide and then lifted it such that only the recesses were left shiny.

 The pieces where the clay was quite dry before being pressed came out in a subtly cracked texture.