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.
On a hard-fired red clay he disposed groups of moulded plants, shells, fish and reptiles, painted them with crude green, brown and yellow colours, and glazed the whole with a well-prepared lead glaze.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" 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 most characteristic examples are large dishes and plateaux, thickly made and with the enamel on the upper face only, the back having a lead glaze.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Whether he used a plumbiferous, or lead glaze; or a stanniferous, or tin glaze, we do not know.
From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware
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