Description:Pottery factory interior depicting a man placing ware into a saggar prior to firing. Taken at the Sutherland Works, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, this was the last ever firing at the factory. The man placing the ware is Mr. John Simpson.
Saggars
Saggars are containers made from fireclay which protected pottery in the kiln from the intense heat and smoke during bottle oven firing.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.