Pottery gauge

{{Short description|Tool in pottery}}

:File:Diagram of studio pottery tools.jpg's self-illustrated 1910 book, Studio Pottery.]]In archaeology, a pottery gauge is a profile gauge used for pots.

A pottery gauge is one of various tools used in pottery to ensure that pots thrown on a potter's wheel are uniform in size or shape. Some pottery gauges simply ensure that the height and diameter are consistent, others are templates or shapers.Universal dictionary of the English language, 1897 [https://books.google.com/books?id=lEzlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3709 at Google Books]