A wonderful English salt glazed pot in the shape of a barrel, circa 1880. Barrel form with suggesting concentric horizontal hoops, rivets and vertical staves; all in a rich, glazed rough surface of burnt orange & brown colors. 1 height: 10 in. 25.5 cm., diameter: 9 in. 23 cm. Further readings and sources: Salt glaze in pottery is a glaze having the texture of orange peel which is formed on stoneware by throwing common salt into the kiln at the peak temperature. The sodium from the salt combines with silica in the clay to form a glassy coating of sodium silicate.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_glaze_pottery ↩