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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 9502962, member: 56"]I'd want to see it in person before deciding. I looked at various pieces I've had that I called fat lava in choosing photos to show, and it's hard to tell from the photos, but it's easy when handling the pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fat lava, as a glaze description, is a fairly recent term. All it takes is to have people see that fat lava is desirable to have the name applied to any number of pieces that do not fit the intent of the name. It was originally intended to describe a particular glaze manifestation. To many, it seems that fat lava has become a generic term for MCM pottery, especially German.</p><p><br /></p><p>In purchasing fat lava, I would have expectations, and a great number of pieces so described would not meet those expectations. Would I be correct in calling them "not as described"? I believe so, because to me it is a specifically descriptive term, not a generic one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 9502962, member: 56"]I'd want to see it in person before deciding. I looked at various pieces I've had that I called fat lava in choosing photos to show, and it's hard to tell from the photos, but it's easy when handling the pieces. Fat lava, as a glaze description, is a fairly recent term. All it takes is to have people see that fat lava is desirable to have the name applied to any number of pieces that do not fit the intent of the name. It was originally intended to describe a particular glaze manifestation. To many, it seems that fat lava has become a generic term for MCM pottery, especially German. In purchasing fat lava, I would have expectations, and a great number of pieces so described would not meet those expectations. Would I be correct in calling them "not as described"? I believe so, because to me it is a specifically descriptive term, not a generic one.[/QUOTE]
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