saggar
/ˈsæɡər/
noun
- A box made of fire-resistant clay, used to protect pottery or ceramics while they are being fired in a kiln.
- The potter carefully placed the delicate vase inside a saggar before putting it in the kiln.
- In the ceramics workshop, students learned how to stack saggars to maximize the kiln's space.
- The museum displayed an ancient saggar that had been used in a medieval pottery factory.