A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
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ORDER V.—MAKERS OF BRICKS, POTTERY AND GLASS

Sub-order 1.—Makers of Bricks, Pottery and Earthenware

107.—Dippers and Glazers



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dipper ; glazer
dips biscuit ware, i.e. , after first firing, or bricks, stoneware, or other articles, in liquid glaze, and turns each article about to ensure glaze running evenly over surface; places dipped ware on dipping boards to dry before firing; sometimes specifically designated, e.g. , sanitary dipper, tile dipper, majolica dipper.
dipper, clay tobacco pipe
dips clay pipe in a kind of semi-glaze; cf. clay tobacco pipe varnisher (119).
glazer
see dipper.
mottler
gives a mottled appearance to ware, by applying coloured glazes thereto with a sponge.
sagger washer, segger washer
pours a little thin glaze, i.e. , sagger wash, into sagger, an open fireclay box in which ware is fired, and swills it round to coat inside: may use a stumping brush to apply glaze where necessary.

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From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016.   This text is in the Public Domain.