salt glaze

American  

noun

1. a ceramic glaze on stoneware produced by the chemical reaction that occurs when salt is thrown into a kiln during firing.

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Other Word Forms

• salt glazing
  noun

Etymology

Origin of salt glaze

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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salt glaze

“They used salt glaze, and usually with salt glaze, you have a round kiln like this,” Brackner said.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 25, 2020

Earthenware of various kinds covered with salt glaze were made at Fulham, Stoke-on-Trent, and Staffordshire.

From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware

Lowestoft, 175, 181-185. luster, 191. salt glaze, 173, 174.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.

It has in common with the salt glaze the close union with the body, so that when fractured the line of demarcation between glaze and body is indeterminable.

From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.

Not only was salt glaze pottery manufactured in Philadelphia along with a small amount of real porcelain, but in such Connecticut towns as Norwalk, Hartford, and Stonington experiments with earthenware were also being   made.

From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware