Sagger

Sagger

A refractory clay enclosure in which wares are fired. Originally developed to protect wares from ash-slagging and flame-flashing in wood firings. In contemporary use, with clean-burning gas firings, process used in exactly opposite way.

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sagger

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A refractory clay enclosure in which wares are fired. Originally developed to protect wares from ash-slagging and flame-flashing in wood firings. In contemporary use, with ...

sagger

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

A coarse fireclay, often forming the floor of a coal seam, so called because it is used for making saggers or protective boxes in which delicate ceramic pieces are placed while ...

sagger

Language; Dictionaries

A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a segga.

sagger-firing

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Contemporary firing process in which wares are placed within refractory saggers, along with chemicals and combustibles, in order to achieve certain surface effects.

sagger preparer

Professional careers; Occupational titles

A professional who tends grinding machine and vat to prepare material to make new saggers. Respnsibilities include: * Starts grinding machine and loads machine with broken saggers ...

sagger filler

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

A worker who places clayware in kiln for drying or firing.

dispersion

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Natural tendency of materials in liquid solution to go from area of high concentration to area of lower concentration, resulting in even distribution of materials throughout the ...

sang-de- boeuf

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Ox-blood colour used to describe deep red colour of some glazes

dispersoids

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

In glaze-melt, inclusions which disperse throughout the melt without actually dissolving into the glassy-phase. Examples are titanium or zirconium particles, colloidal copper, or ...

saturated iron glaze

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

see KAKI.

dissolution

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Action of a solvent material upon a solid, bringing it into liquid solution. During glaze firing, the point at which the glassy-phase dissolves the sintered structure of the ...

scoring

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross-hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.

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