Ceramic glaze
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Ceramic glaze, or simply glaze, is a glassy coating on ceramics. It is used for decoration, to ensure the item is impermeable to liquids and to minimize the adherence of pollutants.
Composite body, painted, and glazed bottle. Iran, 16th century (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Detail of dripping rice-straw ash glaze (top), Japan, 1852
İznik tiles in the Enderûn Library, Topkapi Palace, Istanbul
Sancai lead-glazes in a Tang dynasty tomb guardian
Creamware
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Creamware is a cream-coloured refined earthenware with a lead glaze over a pale body, known in France as faïence fine, in the Netherlands as Engels porselein, and in Italy as terraglia inglese. It was
Josiah Wedgwood: Tea and coffee service, c. 1775. Transfer-printed in purple enamel by Guy Green of Liverpool. Victoria & Albert Museum, London
English loving-cup, 1774
Wedgwood ice-bucket (glacier) in three parts, 1770–1775, Queen's ware
Josiah Wedgwood: Four creamware plates depicting Aesop's Fables. Burslem, about 1771–1775. Printed by Guy Green, Liverpool. On display at the British Museum, London.