A ceramic container used inside a fuel-fired kiln to protect pots from the flame. / Fireclay used to make ceramic casings.

(transitive) To place in a saggar.

plural of saggar

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of saggar

simple past tense and past participle of saggar

present participle of saggar

A skilled person who made saggars by hand, using the thumb to make a neat join between the side and the bottom.

plural of saggar maker

A young boy employed to make the base of a saggar from a lump of fireclay, knocking it into a metal ring with a wooden mallet.

plural of saggar maker's bottom knocker