Description:Lantern slide showing ware mounted on thimbles and struts, items used in the process of firing ceramics.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing approximately sixty reader cards was found in the same box as the slides. The cards contain information about the images. The card that appears to correspond to this slide reads;
"Separating Devices. Struts, thimbles, rings &c. are a few of the devices used during firing to prevent stickink [sic] and warping."