Monroe Salt Works produces the finest salt glaze stoneware in the world. It is hard to believe that this stoneware can be so durable while being so beautiful. Their stoneware is lead free, very hard to chip and is safe for the dishwasher, freezer, microwave and oven.  Salt glazing is a technique developed in Germany in the 15th Century. Green (unfired) pottery is loaded into a large, walk in, hard brick Kiln. After loading, the fire begins very slowly. Over the next 20 hours, the fire builds and the temperature reaches 2300 degrees F. Then handfuls of salt is thrown into the roaring blaze. When the salt hits the white hot fire, it is immediately vaporized, the salt vapor combines with the firing pottery to create the pottery‘s unique and distinct glaze.  There are always surface and color variations in the pieces from a salt glaze kiln. Some pieces receive large amounts of salt vapor and others little. The color and texture of each piece vary according to where the piece was in the kiln. It is this variation that makes the body of salt glazed pottery so rich and compelling. There are light pots and dark pot and dimpled pots and smooth pots. You can see the mark of the firing on each piece. No two piece are ever alike.  Just as we here at JHE's Log Furniture Place take great care in making sure the quality of our unique log furniture is top notch, so does Monroe Salt Works. Which is why you will find their products on our site. They only send out pieces that meet their strict parameters of quality. 

Shipping on orders of stoneware over $100 will be free. Orders of stoneware under $100 will have a shipping charge of just $8.95 added to the order after it is placed.