Roulette.

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Description:Pottery-making tool known as a Roulette.

It was used to make impressed decorations on soft clay.

The roulette is held in an iron wishbone and retained by a screw and bolt.

This means that different wheels containing other patterns can be fitted.

The tool has a wooden handle.

Roughly 19cm in length.

Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection.

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

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Creators: Potteries Museum and Art Gallery - Creator

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Source: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

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