Kilns and Kiln Furniture

The supports and gauges used inside a kiln when firing pottery, including the saggar that shields ware from flame, the kiln furniture that holds pieces apart and the pyrometric cone that shows when the ware has reached the heat it needs. A tool belongs here when its cited source describes it as used inside a kiln to support, protect or gauge the firing. It excludes the potters wheel and the hand shaping tools used before firing. Kiln furniture can account for most of the mass of a kiln load, so potters count it carefully.