Description:Lantern slide showing three young women in the process of casting by hand.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing approximately sixty reader cards was found in the same box as the slides. The cards contain information about the images. The card that appears to correspond to this slide reads;
"Casting. A dry mould is filled with slip, water from which is absorbed by the plaster body of the mould. The slip is then poured away and a thin layer of clay is left adhering to the inside of the mould."