German Sprigged pots

More fun with sprigged pots. I wasn't sure if I had any images up of these types of drinking vessels. I knew I had done these before in the past (very few) but since I just did a few more, I decided to shoot them for the blog. You can really tell the details on the sprig molding and the hand work I did.

These are roughly 16th century, found in the German Stoneware book I have. The brown glaze is more period than the green. The green you can really see the details way better (and personally, I like it with the drips and sand).

Random Drinking Vessels

Trying to update for all my newer pots that I have been making the past six-ten months.



English Jug 14th Century




English 14th Century




Gaul 2-5th Century



Gaul 2-5th Century

The Gaul items I find a lot more interesting than the English and German pieces since I see a lot of Greek influence in them (plus they are fairly difficult for earlier pieces). Unless you are a potter, you wouldn't know that it's difficult to to manipulate the clay in several directions from narrow to bulbous and back to narrow again. Also, when you have a narrow base, it makes it difficult to throw that as well, then wide, then narrow, without distortion or collapse. Gravity plays a large part with throwing vessels and these guys have been somewhat tricker than their English or German counterparts.

I think that's why I like them. More of a challenge.