Enamelling, Sutherland Works, Longton

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Date:1930 - 1931 (c.)

Description:Pottery factory interior showing enamellers at work inside a decorating shop. Taken at Sutherland China, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.

Enamelling

Enamelling is the process of painting on an underglaze pattern outline. This outline would have been previously applied to the ware as a transfer.

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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