are before being placed in the oven is arranged in saggars, a sort of box of irregular shape made of common clay. White sand is used in which to bed the pieces. When the saggar is filled a roll of clay is placed on its edge to exclude the dust and smoke, another saggar is placed on the top of it… … The Jolly. lasts about forty-eight hours, and a heat of about 3000° Fahrenheit is reached. The fires are allowed to die away and after cooling for about three days, the ware is taken out. This is called " drawing " the oven, and the ware has now passed from the " green" to the " biscuit " state.…
Pottery
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