Salt Glazed Pottery

Eldreth Pottery produces traditional Salt-glazed Stoneware and Redware pottery.

Salt glazed pottery. Decorate Your Home With Customized Salt-Glazed Pottery. Salt glazed stoneware is pottery with a translucent glaze which has a slightly orange-peel texture. The most common salt glazed pottery material is porcelain ceramic.

The salt glaze is formed by throwing salt into the kiln during the higher temperature part of the firing process. The intense heat releases sodium from the salt which then fuses with the clay or pottery making a glass surface. See more ideas about pottery glazes for pottery stoneware.

Salt Glazed pottery incorporates a unique method of glaze application. Antique Vintage German Westerwald Salt Glaze Vase Blue Stoneware Unusual. This forms a glaze which results in the glossy sheen and slightly orange peel texture enhancing the natural colour of the pot.

Sodium from the salt reacts with silica in the clay body to form a glassy coating of sodium silicate hence salt glazed. Williamsburg Pottery Salt Glaze Stoneware Pitcher VintageSalt Glaze PotteryLeaf and Flower Design BlueHydrangeaGallery. Salt Glazed Stoneware Pottery Mugs jugs stoneware tankard salt glaze pottery.

The salt vaporizes fuming throughout the kiln interior and combines with the clay of the pottery forming a natural glaze on all the pots. 5 out of 5 stars 14 1400. All pottery was made by hand on the potters wheel and the pots were fired in the brick kiln out behind the small workshop.

Salt is introduced into the firebox of the kiln at 2000 degrees. Free shipping on many items Browse your favorite brands affordable prices. When the salt is introduced into the kiln it vaporises and fuses with the surface of the clay.