How Salt-Glazed Stoneware is Made | The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation

On this segment of The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation, Mo Rocca meets with Josh Wojick, Crafts & Trades Program Manager, to learn more about how salt helped beautify pottery.

Salt kilns were primarily in commercial use from the 15th though the 20th century. In 19th-century America, sturdy waterproof stoneware pottery became popular for utilitarian items such as crocks, jugs, and butter churns. The rough-textured outer glaze was created when common rock salt was thrown into the kiln during firing, which vaporized and combined with melted silica from the pottery.

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