Description:Pottery-making tool used to cut or etch designs onto copper plates.
The copper plates would then be inked and used to produce design outlines and ceramic transfers.
The tool consists of a short metal 'marker' or 'graver' attached to a wooden handle by means of tightly wrapped copper wire.
A variety of blades were available according to the width of line required.
Roughly 10cm in length.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection.
This object is now part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.