Dipping.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a dipping house.
The workers are in the process of dipping fired (or biscuit) ware in preparation for a second glost (or glazed) firing.
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Drawing an oven, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing two workers drawing an oven after firing. Drawing was the term used to describe taking the ware out of the kiln after firing. Taken at Sutherland China, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
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Drying.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a rotary drying rack and ware.
The rack would be moving.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the ...
Dust extraction machinery. Photographed by William Blake.
Pottery factory interior with a view of dust extraction equipment. This particular machine extracted flint dust while saggars were being filled.
Emptying Saggars. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing pottery workers in the process of emptying saggars.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...
Emptying Saggars. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a view of pottery workers emptying saggars. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Enamel Kiln, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior depicting the placing of an enamel kiln. Enamel kilns are much smaller than bottle ovens, and because the whole inside of the kiln is made from refractory material do not need ...
Enamelling, Shelley’s pottery, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing an enameller at work inside a decorating shop.
She is decorating a china tea service.
Taken at Shelley's pottery factory, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Enamelling
Enamelling ...
Enamelling, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing enamellers at work inside a decorating shop. Taken at Sutherland China, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Enamelling
Enamelling is the process of painting on an underglaze ...
Engraver at work, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior showing a man hand-engraving a design on a flat copper plate. The copper plate would then be inked and used to make a paper transfer of the design. The design would then be applied ...
Entrance to bottle oven, J Steventon & Sons, Burslem
The entrance or "wicket" to a biscuit bottle oven at J Steventon's Royal Pottery in Burslem. The wicket was used to place the ware in the oven. For firing the opening was bricked up and sealed with clay ...
Etruria Road, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking westwards along Etruria Road before the dual carriageway (A53) was built. This is the line of Etruria Old Road. On the right is the front of Wedgwood's Etruria works with the lanthorn ...
Factory Dining Room. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a view of the dining area.
The location is unknown.
Filter press, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior showing two slip house workers using a filter press in the preparation of clay. The workers are disassembling the press to remove the clay. Taken at Minton's factory in Stoke-on-Trent.
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Finished Warehouse, Grimwades, Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior with a view of a warehouse.
The women in the picture are checking ware for quality and wrapping it in preparation for leaving the factory.
The woman on the left is checking ...
Fireman Stoking Calcining Kiln.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a fireman stoking a calcining kiln.
Calcining is the process of heating bone or flint to soften it for grinding down into a powder.
Bone and flint powder ...
Firing a Kiln at Minton Hollins.
Pottery factory interior showing a fireman shovelling coal into a kiln firemouth.
Formed ware is made hard by exposing it to very high temperatures, which was commonly achieved by firing it in a bottle ...
Firing a kiln in a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior depicting a man firing a kiln.
Formed ware is made hard by exposing it to very high temperatures, which was commonly achieved by firing it in a bottle oven.
The bottle ...