Stonewares

Stoneware vessels were fired at a higher temperature than their earthenware counterparts, typically between 1200 C and 1400 C, to create a fully fused ceramic body impervious to water. Typically vessels would be treated with a salt- or ash-glaze, introduced during the final stages of the firing process, to create 'once-fired' vessels. The body and the glaze mature at the same time to form an integrated body-glaze layer. This technique allowed for quicker and cheaper production of vessels than tin-glazed wares, which required two or more firings.

Salt-glazing was the most common form of treatment for stoneware vessels. It probably originated in the Rhineland, concurrently with the development of the stoneware industry. A salt solution would be introduced into the kiln, chemical reactions then taking place vaporised the salt, releasing soda and hydrochloric acid. The soda fused with the clay body of the vessel, often giving a very characteristic 'orange-peel' effect, to form an integrated glaze very resistant to chemicals and impervious to liquids.

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German (1300 - 1800)

London (1650 - 1900)

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A4518 mug. 1691-1730	A27904 flask. 1500-1600	71.104/12 pot; plant pot; plant pot holder and base. 1851-1950	71.104/12 pot; plant pot; plant pot holder and base. 1851-1950
65.45 bread pan. 1851-1900	NN24669 vase. 1871-1920	NN13044 jug. 1931-1960	NN13041 urn. 1881-1930
P498 teapot. 1765-1780	A8396 jug. 1551-1700	17964 crucible.	Z3467 pitcher. 1501-1600
NN13367 ball.	NN13366 vase.	90.237/5 edging tile. 1801-2000	NN18705b brick. 1801-2000
NN18705a brick. 1801-2000	NN13316c tile. 1851-1910	NN13316b tile. 1851-1910	NN13316a tile. 1851-1910
26578 bottle. 1944	26535 bottle; spirit bottle. 1881-1920?	25195 bottle. 1841-1900?	25167 bottle; ink bottle. 1866-1900