Thanks to all for the comments about stoneware stacking ...  It's 
pretty much what I was thinking, but I must say that I've always been 
sort of surprised at the "specificity" of the salt-glazing process. 
That is, how it seems to end up where its supposed to most of the 
time, and how it really never seems to affect the adjacent Albany 
surfaces.

Or on the other hand, is there something in the lower melting 
temperature of the Albany slip clay that precludes it being 
salt-glazed at all?

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