Pernette

A pernette is a prop to support pottery in a kiln so that pottery does not touch each other or kiln's floor.[1] In archaeology, they may be upside-down baked clay tripods, leaving characteristic marks at the bottoms of the pottery/porcelain.[2][3] They expose the bottom of the fired piece to the full heat[4] and prevent the pieces from sticking to each other.

For other uses, see Pernette (disambiguation).
Tripod pernette (an archaeological find). Placed into a kiln upside down with respect to the drawing
Pernettes stuck in the walls of the saggars to separate flat pieces

References
  1. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Journal_of_the_American_Research_Center/ev8tAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=pernette
  2. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Arch%C3%A6ological_Researches_in_Palestine_D/KroNAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=pernette+pottery&pg=PA509
  3. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Marks_and_Monograms_on_Pottery_and_Porce/-ikGAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=pernettes
  4. "PERNETTE English Definition and Meaning | Lexico.com". Lexico Dictionaries | English.
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