page_title: Stilt (ceramics)
section_title: Other types
hierarchical_section_title: Stilt (ceramics) / History / Other types
caption_attribution_description: English: A stack of saggars at the Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
context_page_description: Stilts are small supports used when firing glazed ceramics to stop the melting glaze from fusing them to each other or the kiln. Stilts are a form of kiln furniture. Their presence in archaeological sites along with other kiln furniture such as saggars and kiln bars can be used to support a case for local production. Some potters avoid the need for stilts by not glazing the bottom of their products. This is known as dry footing.
context_section_description: A stilt has been found at a Roman kiln site near Holt, Wrexham County Borough dating to around the first or second century AD. It was designed to be used within a saggar and has clay pads supporting it within the saggar.
caption: Saggars in the Gladstone Pottery Museum
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