Polishing.

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Date:1960 - 1969 (c.)

Description:Pottery factory interior showing a man polishing ware on a machine.

The ware is being held against a revolving carborundum wheel.

This process removes any blemishes or roughness leaving the ware smooth.

The process would be finished using a wood and then a flannel wheel.

Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.

This photograph is part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.

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Image courtesy of: British Ceramics

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Source: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

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