Description:Pottery factory interior showing a man operating a scouring machine.
Taken at Shelly's pottery factory, Stoke-on-Trent.
Scouring is the process of removing rough bits from the surface of the ware, leaving it smooth.
Scouring takes place prior to the ware being glazed.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.