Date:1950 - 1959 (c.)
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.
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Creators: 9 Southampton Place, London, WC1 - Creator
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Source: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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