Hey!

Could it just be a colloquial term for cast ceramic objects?

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Mark Branstner <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just got back from a ceramics exhibition in Milwaukee that focused on
> Moravian ceramics from North Carolina ...
>
> Very, very good exhibition of slip-decorated and cast objects, including
> all those really great figural bottles!
>
> My question is this ... Some of the smaller ceramic figures were described
> as "casters" ... What the heck is a caster? A quick internet search found
> nothing relevant.
>
> Thanks, Mark
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