Description:Engraver's punch.
Made of metal, it has a cylindrical body and a conical head with a recessed centre, giving an annular or ringed impression. It is around 8cm in length.
Used in the engraving process to punch etched details of a design onto a copper plate.
The copper plates would then be inked and used to produce design outlines and ceramic transfers.
Part of a set of tools once belonging to local engraver, Mr Harry S Millward of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection.
This object is now part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.