A potter (German Töpfer, regionally also Hafner, Häfner, Aulner, Eulner, Kannen- and Krugbäcker, Pott- and Düppenbäcker; French potier; Italian vasaio) is a craftsman who makes containers, usually using a potter’s wheel, out of argillaceous earth (quartz, feldspar, kaolin, limestone, oxides), which are then fired. The articles made by potters include (in a broader sense) earthenware (porous bisque), stoneware (sintered bisque), and prior to its factory production (M…