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Wetheriggs Pottery (Manufacturer)

This salt jar is made of red earthenware and decorated with white slip (clay watered to a creamy consistency, which is usually trailed or drawn on to the pottery) and then glazed with a brown lead glaze. This jar was made in the Wetheriggs Pottery; at this pottery the slip clay is put into a cow's horn, cut off the bottom and a quill inserted so that the slip runs down the quill. There is a knob on the top for picking up the jar, and a handle behind it for nailing the jar to the wall. These jars are also called 'barm pots' and 'salt kits'.

1 salt jar: red earthenware; good condition

made at, and purchased from, Wetheriggs Pottery, near Penrith, Cumbria, White slip is clay watered to a creamy consistency which is usually trailed or drawn on to the pottery. At Wetheriggs Pottery the slip clay was put into a cow's horn, cut off at the bottom, and a quill inserted so that the slip would run down the quill. Wetheriggs Pottery began working in the 1860's, turning out traditional Cumberland ware which was originally derived from Scottish patterns.

Penrith

1952 - 1952

Ceramic, earthenware, Glaze

Fired, Glazed