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'Tea-Dust' Monochrome

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« on: March 25, 2013, 03:15:27 am »


...the foot may look fully glazed because of the surface brownish burnt that usually has some shine, but it isn't. Glaze edges are clearly visible in your picture.


Dear Giovanni,

There is possibly a little confusion with terminology, and this may be particular to snuff bottles only. The 'foot' generally refers to the 'base', while the part you have pointed out as being unglazed is usually called the 'foot rim'.

Don't ask me WHY this is so. I prefer to call the foot "the base" when it is recessed and surrounded by a rim. I only call the whole base a 'foot' when it is flat and in contact with the surface it is standing on.

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