Pot Bottom Moon? Sounds a little strange, yet artsy. Pot Bottom Moon is so named because one day, whilst no one watched, a pot boiled away the water inside of it. In so doing, a beautiful design, somewhat resembling a moon, was created on the inside of the pot. Though the pot is no longer used for cooking, a delightful Christmas cactus blooms in it twice a year. The unexpected often allows us to see beauty where we might normally see something else.

Pot Bottom Moon products are made from copper, lead-coated copper, and hot-dipped tinplate. Copper and lead-coat weathers well, but tinplate will eventually rust under moist or wet conditions. Using vat-dipped tinplate is preferred because of the intricate crystallization patterns that occur in the dipping process, adding a unique element to the design. The 19th century building in which the metal wares are made is located in Madison, Indiana. It once housed a candle-maker and a broom maker's shop. During the 1960's the building was used as a "tabernacle", known as the East End Gospel Tabernacle. Thus, Tabernacle Tin.