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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10315494, member: 76316"]This pot is ~4" max diameter, ~4" height; ~1/8" wall thickness; it weighs 7.83 oz (~222 grams). Google images shows many of this shape an' approximate size...but none of them have the ~1/2" by ~2 1/2" slots cut in through the rim, down to max diameter! Its firing was high enough to produce a sweet an' clear bell-tone when this pot is tapped with a fingernail. If the slots are to accommodate a spoon or other utensil, that Bell-like quality may be inadvertent. The pot is apparently unmarked; the bottom is slightly flattened, but remains a little rounded; it rocks, but is balanced enough to rest upright. Can anyone say what purpose this was made to fulfill, an' what the slots are for? Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]518347[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518348[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518349[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518351[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518352[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10315494, member: 76316"]This pot is ~4" max diameter, ~4" height; ~1/8" wall thickness; it weighs 7.83 oz (~222 grams). Google images shows many of this shape an' approximate size...but none of them have the ~1/2" by ~2 1/2" slots cut in through the rim, down to max diameter! Its firing was high enough to produce a sweet an' clear bell-tone when this pot is tapped with a fingernail. If the slots are to accommodate a spoon or other utensil, that Bell-like quality may be inadvertent. The pot is apparently unmarked; the bottom is slightly flattened, but remains a little rounded; it rocks, but is balanced enough to rest upright. Can anyone say what purpose this was made to fulfill, an' what the slots are for? Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]518347[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518348[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518349[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518351[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518352[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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