lead glaze
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lead glaze
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Lead is often indispensable to the craftsman, and with care need not become a danger; but in schools a lead glaze is positively harmful.
From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.
Stone jars should be employed in preference to common earthenware for the storage of honey, which acts upon the lead glaze of the latter.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
For common cheap crockery a soft lead glaze, often galena, is generally used.
From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.
The entire piece then received a transparent lead glaze, either clear or covered with an oxide.
From New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by Cotter, John L.
After being fired the ware was glazed, apparently with the ordinary lead glaze of the time carefully prepared and fired again.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
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