Scourers. Photographed by William Blake.
Pottery workers in the process of scouring.
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 ...
Scouring Machine. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with pottery workers using a scouring machine. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Scouring Machine. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing two pottery workers operating a scouring machine.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...
Scouring Pottery. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with pottery workers scouring pottery. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Scouring Ware.
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, ...
Slip House
Factory interior showing pottery workers in a slip house. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Slip House.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a slip house.
The slip house was the area where the clay was prepared.
The man in the picture is inspecting 'blungers' on a mixing machine. This is where ...
Slip House.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a slip house and workers using a filter press.
The man in the centre of the picture can be seen rolling prepared clay out of the press.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Sorting, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a woman sorting china tea cups. Sorting is a quality check on the ware. The woman is checking for any marks left on the ware from the firing process. She knocks the marks ...
Sponging. Miss Maud Hancock.
Pottery factory interior depicting a female worker in the process of sponging ware.
The photograph was taken at Booth's pottery factory in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
The worker in the picture is ...
Spraying Glaze.
Pottery factory interior showing a woman aerographing glaze onto a ewer.
She is using a pneumatic airbrush.
Aerography was the mechanical spraying of glaze onto pots.
It also helped enormously ...
Stacking Saggars in a Kiln.
Pottery factory interior with a view of workers stacking saggars in a kiln.
Saggars are containers made from fireclay which protected pottery in the kiln from the intense heat and smoke during bottle ...
Stafford Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene.
Taken on Stafford Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Station Porter, Consall
Station porter at Consall wearing the uniform of the North Staffordshire Railway.
The North Staffordshire Railway operated between 1845 and 1923, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish ...
Sticking Up.
Pottery factory interior showing a worker in the process of 'sticking up'.
He is using slip (liquid clay) to join separately made pieces together.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic ...
Strawing china for packing
A pottery worker "Strawing" China as part of the packing process. Photographed by William Blake.
Taking a Trial at the last firing., Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a bullers ring being withdrawn from the trial hole in the clammins of the oven. The clammins was a temporary seal in the oven through which holes could be made to acces ...
Taking a trial, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing bullers’ rings being withdrawn from the trial hole in the clammins of the oven. The clammins was a temporary seal in the oven through which holes could be made to acces ...