Item Name: Pottery 1927 - 1933

Item ID: Potter-AT1

Collector Rating: 1

Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge

Requirements January 1929 until January 1931

1. Design and build by hand a pottery form: such as a vase, bowl, or ornamental tile to be fired and glazed.

2. Design and throw a pottery form on a potter's wheel to be fired and glazed.

 

Requirements April 1932 until February 1955

1. Write an essay of about 500 words describing (a) The nature of pottery and the materials used in making it; (b) The wares of one of the following people or places: Greece, Delft, Damascus, Sevres, Luca Della Robia, Josiah Wedgwood.

2. Describe the purpose, preparation and application of a glaze.

3. Draw two pottery forms, one of which must be decorated.

4. Design and build by hand a pottery form such as a vase or bowl to be fired and glazed.*

5. Design and make a panel of four decorated tiles, to be fired and glazed.*

* The firing and glazing need not be done by the Scout himself.