Description:Smoothing tool made from rubber.
Kidney-shaped tool used for smoothing pressed articles prior to firing.
This is an example of a mass produced smoothing tool.
The manufacturer's name is marked on the tool.
<div align="centre">G H HEATH & SON BURSLEM STOKE ON TRENT.</div>
It is roughly 9cm in length.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection.
This object is now part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.