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GLACURE SALINE [3 records]

Record 1 1997-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clay Working Methods (Ceramics)
OBS

salt glaze: a stoneware produced by vaporizing common salt in the fire of the kiln at the height of the firing so that the sodium of the salt reacts with silicates of the ware to form a coating of glassy acid-resistant mixed silicate of sodium and aluminum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de la céramique
OBS

glaçure au sel : Vernis obtenu par la décomposition du sel introduit dans le four en fin de cuisson (à haute température).

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clay and Clay Products (Ceramics)
  • Stoneware
DEF

A glaze, used on stoneware, produced by throwing ordinary salt into the kiln during firing.

OBS

The reaction of the clay and the vaporized salt results in a slightly pebbled surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terres et glaçures (Ind. de la céramique)
  • Grès
DEF

Vernis obtenu par la décomposition du sel introduit dans le four en fin de cuisson (à haute température).

OBS

Le dépôt qui en résulte, combiné avec la pâte en fusion sur laquelle il se dépose, fournit une couche brillante et résistante.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clay and Clay Products (Ceramics)
  • Earthenware

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terres et glaçures (Ind. de la céramique)
  • Faïences

Spanish

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