China Turning, Sutherland Works, Longton.

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Date:1930 - 1939 (c.)

Description:Pottery factory interior with a view inside a turning shop. The turner is shaping the foot of a cup on a turning lathe with an attendant standing by. The attendant would hand a cup to the turner who fastened it to a chuck. He then used a sharp tool to shave away the clay to create the foot as the lathe rotated.

Taken at Sutherland China / Hudson & Middleton, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.

Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.

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

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Working Wear Pottery Factories People Manufacturing Industrial Buildings Factory Interiors Costume & Textiles Ceramics Business, Trade & Industry

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Image courtesy of: Mr Barley

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Source: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

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