Gault clay

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Description

A light colored clay that is high in calcium. Gault clay is used for brick and slipware. It vitrifies at about 1100C.

Authority

  • Robert Fournier, Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery, Chilton Book Company, Radnor, PA, 1992

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