Saggar Cover
ca. 1680-1700 (made)
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Dwight fired most of his stonewares in saggars from about 1680. Saggars protected the pottery from direct contact with the flames and enabled the kiln to be stacked efficiently. Some of his larger and more thickly potted stonewares were fired open to the kiln’s atmosphere. They were balanced on circular spacers set on covered saggars like this one, and placed at the top of the kiln.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, salt-glazed |
| Brief description | Fireclay, with three disc separators fused to the top, Fulham Pottery, London, 17th century. MoL no. 97.90/66 (FP10007) |
| Physical description | Circular saggar cover, broken and with missing portion, the upper face with fused kiln spacers |
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| Credit line | Lent by the Museum of London. Copyright Museum of London |
| Object history | Excavated on the site of John Dwight's Fulham Pottery |
| Summary | Dwight fired most of his stonewares in saggars from about 1680. Saggars protected the pottery from direct contact with the flames and enabled the kiln to be stacked efficiently. Some of his larger and more thickly potted stonewares were fired open to the kiln’s atmosphere. They were balanced on circular spacers set on covered saggars like this one, and placed at the top of the kiln. |
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| Accession number | LOAN:MUSEUMLONDON.80-2009 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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