Topic: milk glass jug Sowerby? help please

[agincourt17]

Thank you, Roy.

Fred.

[Tigerchips]

Looks like salt-glazed stoneware.

[Paul S.]

well that should be an easy surface effect to confirm  -  isn't it supposed to resemble the slightly pitted looks of an orange peel skin??

[Tigerchips]

well that should be an easy surface effect to confirm  -  isn't it supposed to resemble the slightly pitted looks of an orange peel skin??

You would need a strong magnifying glass to see that i think. Just looking at the close-up of the handle i can see some pitting or bumps, not sure.

[Paul S.]

should add that I don't do pottery or ceramics seriously, so not really qualified to comment, but have read that was the sort of surface effect on salt-glaze  -  and didn't get the impression you needed a magnifying glass.                Haven't really been following this one  -  but also didn't think that salt-glaze surfaces looked this white ish.??     

[Tigerchips]

should add that I don't do pottery or ceramics seriously, so not really qualified to comment, but have read that was the sort of surface effect on salt-glaze  -  and didn't get the impression you needed a magnifying glass.                Haven't really been following this one  -  but also didn't think that salt-glaze surfaces looked this white ish.??     

It might depend on how fine the salt is, it's not really my area.

[Paul S.]

regret I'm rather low than high 'tech', but not sure I understand the need to repeat then entire text of the previous poster

[Tigerchips]

It's two lines long...

[bat20]

Salt glaze can be very white and without much texture depending on the clay,a high alumina content will cause an orange peel effect where as a high silica content will produce a flatter surface.

[Paul S.]

the number of lines doesn't seem to matter  -  just that I'd seen this happen on occasions before and wondered if in my ignorance of pc matters it was for a particular reason of which I was ignorant.

bat, I bow to your knowledge of ceramics.