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

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

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2020

Putting aside salt glaze we find a countless number of both lead and leadless glazes.

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

It is a very hard ware which was fired at high temperatures and finished with a salt glaze, formed by throwing common salt into the furnace.

From New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by Cotter, John L.

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.

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