The Ceramic Shop

Category: Supplier Also called: Ceramic Shop; The Ceramic Shop Norristown; Hydro-Bat / The Ceramic Shop Last checked: 2026-09-14

What it is

The Ceramic Shop is a Norristown, Pennsylvania ceramics supply house and manufacturer that sells moist clay (Standard, Laguna/Miller), glazes, tools, kilns, Brent and other pottery wheels, and studio equipment through its official online shop and walk-in showroom / warehouse. The About Us page says founder Mark Lueders invented the Hydro-Bat, grew that manufacturing business into a Port Richmond Philadelphia supply store, and built The Ceramic Shop into a national ceramic-supply operation with over 40,000 items online; in 2006 it acquired Roselli Pottery Inc. (kiln stilts / bead racks) and launched its cone 6 electric dry-glaze line; as of May 2017 it moved to a larger facility in Norristown, PA. It is not a membership guild. Older class / shared-studio pages appear in the site archive, but this listing treats The Ceramic Shop as a supply house with an official shop URL, not as a drop-in class studio.

Who it’s for

Studio potters, schools, production shops, and hobbyists who need moist clay boxes, glazes/tools, kilns, wheels, or materials shipped nationally or picked up at the Markley Street Norristown showroom / warehouse. This is a supply house with an official shop URL, not a guild membership hall.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party supplier operation with a printed showroom / warehouse street address, published walk-in / pickup / office hours, an official online shop (theceramicshop.com) with on-page moist-clay per-pound prices and quantity tiers plus equipment list/sale prices, and a written lead-times / processing policy — not a scraped directory card and not an Amazon storefront.

• Contact / hours (checked 2026-09-14): 1200 Markley St, Norristown, PA 19401; toll-free 888-457-4236; fax 610-706-5023. Walk-in store hours: Wednesday–Saturday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST. Local order pickup hours: Wednesday–Saturday 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. EST. Office hours: Monday–Friday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST. Warehouse receiving: Monday–Friday 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. EST. About page reiterates showroom Wednesday through Saturday 9:00–5:00.
• Official moist clay shop (Standard Clay and Laguna brand/product pages; priced per pound; Standard moist bodies generally must be purchased in 25 lb increments, with quantity breaks at 50 / 250 / 500 / 1000 lbs; #108 Red Clay w/ Grog in 50 lb increments): Standard examples — Beige Stoneware #153 — $1.22/lb (50 lb list ≈ $61.00; tiers: 50 $0.93 / 250 $0.78 / 500 $0.70 / 1000 $0.62); Angel White Stoneware #182 — $1.08/lb (50 lb ≈ $54.00; tiers: 50 $0.70 / 250 $0.53 / 500 $0.50 / 1000 $0.43); Brooklyn Red #308 — $1.26/lb (50 lb ≈ $63.00; tiers: 50 $0.80 / 250 $0.62 / 500 $0.59 / 1000 $0.56); Grolleg Porcelain #257 — $2.74/lb (50 lb ≈ $137.00; tiers: 50 $1.45 / 250 $1.35 / 500 $1.31 / 1000 $1.25); Red Low Fire #103 — $1.20/lb (50 lb ≈ $60.00; tiers: 50 $0.75 / 250 $0.56 / 500 $0.50 / 1000 $0.48); Red Clay w/ Grog #108 — $1.40/lb (50 lb ≈ $70.00; tiers: 50 $1.08 / 250 $0.58 / 500 $0.56 / 1000 $0.52). Laguna example — B-Mix 10 Clay WC-379 — $1.82/lb (50 lb ≈ $91.00; tiers: 50 $1.36 / 250 $0.91 / 500 $0.86 / 1000 $0.82); full-skid #153 pallet listed at $1,350.00 (3,000 lb). Local flat-rate delivery noted for customers within about 2 hours of the Philadelphia-area warehouse.
• Equipment sample (Brent pottery-wheel product pages; Brent wheels noted as free shipping in contiguous U.S. on brand category copy): Brent B — Regular $2,700.00 / Our Price $1,995.00; Brent C — Regular $2,800.00 / Our Price $2,050.00; Brent CXC — Regular $2,900.00 / Our Price $2,145.00. Brent B page notes free splash pan, Plast-i-Bat, throwing DVD, and a ten-year warranty; lead time on checked Brent B/C pages 4–6 weeks.
• Ordering / lead times (checked 2026-09-14): Lead Times page — current processing about 5–7 business days (not including weekends, holidays, or transit); orders processed in chronological order; no guaranteed delivery dates; majority of catalog items in stock; “ready to order” / drop-ship and made-to-order equipment may show longer lead times on the product page above Add to Cart. Freight Receiving Guide notes most kilns/equipment made to order (2–20+ weeks typical range). Site contact block covers retail pickup, web-order help, school/wholesale purchase orders, and kiln repairs.

Hours, holiday/weather closures, availability, lead times, and prices above are what the official pages showed on the check date. They can change. Use the live product or hours page before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

Official company / shop site: https://www.theceramicshop.com/

About Us: https://www.theceramicshop.com/about-us/

Contact (address & hours): https://www.theceramicshop.com/contact-us/

Lead times: https://www.theceramicshop.com/content/20348/lead-times/

Standard Clay: https://www.theceramicshop.com/brand/standard-clay/

Laguna: https://www.theceramicshop.com/brand/laguna/

Beige Stoneware 153: https://www.theceramicshop.com/product/89/beige-stoneware-153/

Angel White Stoneware 182: https://www.theceramicshop.com/product/837/angel-white-stoneware-182/

Brooklyn Red 308: https://www.theceramicshop.com/product/94/brooklyn-red-308/

Grolleg Porcelain 257: https://www.theceramicshop.com/product/96/grolleg-porcelain-257/

Red Low Fire 103: https://www.theceramicshop.com/product/84/red-low-fire-103/

Red Clay w/ Grog 108: https://www.theceramicshop.com/product/4642/red-clay-w-grog-108/

B-Mix 10 Clay WC-379: https://www.theceramicshop.com/product/78/b-mix-10-clay-wc-379/

Brent pottery wheels: https://www.theceramicshop.com/store/category/28/101/Brent-Amaco/

Brent B: https://www.theceramicshop.com/product/1804/brent-b-pottery-wheel/

Brent C: https://www.theceramicshop.com/product/1828/brent-c-pottery-wheel/

Brent CXC: https://www.theceramicshop.com/product/758/brent-cxc-pottery-wheel/

Location

Primary showroom / warehouse / retail address: 1200 Markley St, Norristown, PA 19401.

This is a warehouse / retail showroom / will-call pick-up address. Do not treat it as a walk-in membership guild studio.

Notes

• Category is Supplier. They manufacture Hydro-Bat / house glaze lines and sell ceramics supplies (moist clay, glaze, tools, Brent wheels, kilns) through an official shop. Not a guild. Archived class pages exist, but this directory card is for the supply-house operation.
• Hours of record (2026-09-14): walk-in Wed–Sat 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST; local pickup Wed–Sat 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. EST; office Mon–Fri 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST; receiving Mon–Fri 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. EST.
• Moist clay prices printed that day are per-pound list prices with quantity tiers; confirm live SKU, increment (25 lb vs 50 lb), and stock before ordering.
• First-party logo saved as the-ceramic-shop.png (from theceramicshop.com site logo SVG rendered to PNG).
• Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
• No Clay Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: Where can I pick up an order, and what are the hours?
A: The Ceramic Shop at 1200 Markley St, Norristown, PA 19401. Walk-in store hours checked 2026-09-14: Wednesday–Saturday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST. Local order pickup: Wednesday–Saturday 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. EST. Office Mon–Fri 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST. Call 888-457-4236 ahead for will-call / in-store availability.

Q: What moist clay prices were printed today?
A: Official per-pound list prices included Standard #153 Beige Stoneware $1.22 (≈$61.00/50 lb; 50-lb tier $0.93), #182 Angel White $1.08 (≈$54.00/50 lb; 50-lb tier $0.70), #308 Brooklyn Red $1.26 (≈$63.00/50 lb; 50-lb tier $0.80), #257 Grolleg Porcelain $2.74 (≈$137.00/50 lb; 50-lb tier $1.45), #103 Red Low Fire $1.20 (≈$60.00/50 lb; 50-lb tier $0.75), #108 Red Clay w/ Grog $1.40 (≈$70.00/50 lb; 50-lb tier $1.08), and Laguna B-Mix 10 $1.82 (≈$91.00/50 lb; 50-lb tier $1.36). Confirm the live SKU and purchase increment; prices can change.

Q: Do they teach pottery classes?
A: Official About and Contact pages emphasize the Norristown showroom/warehouse, national web catalog, Hydro-Bat / Roselli manufacturing heritage, and sales of clay, glaze, wheels, kilns, and tools. Older class pages appear in the site history, but The Ceramic Shop is listed here as a Supplier (ceramic supply house with official shop), not as a teaching studio or guild.