potter's wheel
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Pottery & ceramicspotter's wheelˌpotter’s ˈwheel noun [countable] TIPa piece of equipment that turns around, onto which wet clay is placed so that it can be shaped by hand into a potExamples from the Corpuspotter's wheel• Tornadoes that spun across the blue sky like vases thrown on some mad potter's wheel.• Craftsman Mark Mayson demonstrated the art of hand throwing on the potter's wheel.