What’s the shiny stuff on top of these pots? On a handful of the dark vessels around pieces 1653–1687, the crown carries glossy, glass-like pools — bright material settled into the hollows and dripping into the crevices, vivid against a matte, sandy body. On 1660 the pools ring a small porthole of a mouth; on 1679 they web the entire crown in milky white, the clearest case in the catalog; on 1684 they stop mid-wall, a glassy crown over a bare brick-red base. Lower on the number line the pools move indoors: 549 holds a milky grey-white pool in its dark floor, and 553 a silvery one — interior cases, same rule.
A photo can show where the gloss sits and how it shines — it can’t prove what melted to make it. Glaze, ash, or something else entirely: the pages describe the look and leave the recipe alone. That’s the rule for the tag, too — it marks only clear pooled cases; a general shine or scattered gloss stays in prose.
See it on real pieces
549, 553, 1660, 1679, 1684 — or browse the glassy-pools listing.
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