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Pottery gauge

In archaeology, a pottery gauge is a profile gauge used for pots. A pottery gauge is one of various tools used in pottery to ensure that pots thrown on a potter's wheel are uniform in size or shape.

A black-and-white line drawing diagram of studio pottery tools for throwing and turning, including slate profiles, a gauge, wire, calipers and compasses, spike or pricker, flat sponge, rule, sheet metal profiles, turning tools, rubber palettes, and notch setter. This…
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In archaeology, a pottery gauge is a profile gauge used for pots. A pottery gauge is one of various tools used in pottery to ensure that pots thrown on a potter's wheel are uniform in size or shape. Some pottery gauges simply ensure that the height and diameter are consistent, others are templates or shapers. 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Pottery gauge”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

Pottery gauge is tool in pottery, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2

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