Description:Pottery factory interior with a view of a woman in the process of burnishing a plate.
Burnishing
Burnishing was the process whereby fired gold applications were rubbed to produce a lustrous finish.
Silver sand and a burnishing stone (hematite or agate mounted in a wooden handle like the tool in the picture) or a damp chamois leather could be used to burnish ware.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.