Here the dark run turns metallic: a charcoal, near-black handbuilt vessel whose surface carries a graphite-like luster, the shine following the clay’s own texture in every shot rather than sitting over it. The store’s own tags call it black clay and a vase — quoted, not asserted. The base carries the number 1838, incised.
Is that a metallic finish? It’s salt-fired: the pewter-graphite luster is what the salt firing left, following the clay’s own texture rather than sitting over it. Piece 1838 of 10,000, listed at $18.38.
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