Believe it or not, exactly the samething it is today. Although modern versions use an electric motor to spin the wheel, many artisans still prefer to use the classical manual wheel, using thier feet to turn the wheel.
THe potter's wheel is one of the great inventions of mankind. With it, making pottery could be done much faster and the final product was of higher quality.
Use of wheel in pottery started by 3000 B.C. The first wheel was made of wood spinning slowly. After thousand years ago fast wheel was developed in Europe and Asia.
