Saggar did the same on a smaller scale, constructing the round or banjo-shaped bottom. Again the mow was used to beat the air out of the clay and flatten the sheet. The saggar maker was an experienced craftsman who paid his assistants out of his piece-work earnings: he took the bottom and the sides onto a wheel and using his thumbs joined the sides to the bottom. The "green" saggars were dried and then placed on the top of bungs during the next firing of the kiln. The unfired ceramic ware was placed in saggars and then biscuit fired, before being
Ogonek class river patrol craft Ogonek class river patrol craft The "Ogonek"-class river patrol craft, also known as Project 12130, is a Russian Coast Guard vessel. The patrol craft is designed to operate in rivers, and perform various missions of the Russian Coast Guard like protecting Russian maritime borders, law enforcement, enforcement of navigation rules, search and rescue, and fisheries protection. These vessels work alongside other classes of Russian Coast Guard vessels, such as the Vosh class and the Piyavka class river patrol vessels. The patrol craft are designed similar to other Russian river patrol vessels. In terms of armament, PSKR-201, 202 are only equipped