Date | 31 March 2015 | ||
Location | Coalport | SJ 69613 02364; 52.61818°N, 2.45026°W | |
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Inside the hovel of a bottle kiln. The hovel is the conical outer part of the kiln which protected the working inner part and acted as a chimney to draw away smoke from the coal fires lit in the firemouths around the base to create an airflow through the updraught kiln.

Saggars stacked in the kiln. Saggars were the rough clay containers into which the china pieces were placed to protect them from smoke in the kiln. Hot air was channelled under the kiln floor and up through the saggars. Bone china items received an initial, or biscuit, firing at a temperature of 1230ºC and received a second firing after glazing to make the clay impervious to fluids. Decorated items were fired several times at different temperatures to obtain a full range of colours.
That’s a beautiful shot of the interior of the kiln. Interesting info, too.
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Thanks, Iain. I was looking for a slightly different angle on things compared to the last time I was there three years ago.
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Beautiful!!
I was hopping you will visit this place again,when I saw your previous post in the archives.
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Many thanks! and stay tuned, as there a couple more posts of re-visits to other Ironbridge Gorge museums coming soon…
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Beautiful post here!
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Many thanks, Christy!
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