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Figure, 'to Katharine and John October 1933 from MF.'
Flat-Presser Making Dishes.
Pottery factory interior showing a flat-presser making dishes.
A young mould runner waits on the presser, supplying him with moulds.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This ...
Flower Maker's Tea Strainer.
Flower maker's tea strainer.
Used in 'open work' to make the centre of ceramic flowers.
A pad of clay would be pressed onto the mesh, creating an imprint similar to that of a flower centre.
This ...
Flower Maker's Tray.
Ceramic flower-making tray.
This highly fired biscuit bone china plate was probably used to hold hand-made china flowers whilst drying.
Alternatively, it could have been used for making a posy containing ...
Foot Profile.
Foot profile made from earthenware.
This pottery-making tool was used to create a foot on ware as it was turned.
It is roughly 10cm in length.
It has the number 8 inscribed on its handle and ...
Foot Profile.
Foot profile made from glazed earthenware.
This pottery-making tool was used to create a foot-foot profile.
It is roughly 9cm in length.
The upper surface has the words servant's soap inscribed ...
Foot Profile.
Foot profile made from earthenware.
This pottery-making tool was used by a dishmaker to create foot-foot profiles on ware.
Roughly 10cm in length.
It has the words soap drainer inscribed on its ...
Gilder's Banding Tool.
Gilder's banding tool.
Used for applying gold decoration to the flanges of plates or dishes.
Roughly 21cm in length.
It is made from brassed metal with rubber rollers, which are fitted to a wooden ...
Gilder's Shell.
Gilder's shell with pencil rest. Used by pottery decorators when using gold.
Sometimes known as a gold shell, the shape is designed so that expensive excess gold from the pencil (brush) drains back ...
Gilder's Shell.
Gilder's shell with pencil rest.
Made from clear glazed earthenware.
Used by pottery decorators when using gold.
Sometimes known as a gold shell, the shape is designed so that expensive excess ...
Gilder's Stamps.
A selection of rubber gilding stamps.
Used to apply gold decoration to glazed pottery.
They are all unused apart from one, which is mounted on a handle.
These stamps came in an envelope marked;
W ...
Hanley November 11 1793 - Document for the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Food shortage in the Potteries
Hand-written notice calling for pottery workers to gather at Hanley Market Hall.
An additional note written in pencil at the top of the page indicates that the notice ...
House of Industry and Court of Requests - A document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
A meeting is to be held at Hanley Market Hall on Wednesday 5 February 1794, at 11am.
A new House of Industry?
Gentlemen in the local parishes of Stoke-upon-Trent, Burslem and Wolstanton have agreed ...
Huzza!! Kidcrew Again! Kidcrew Again! An appeal for blackleg workers from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In the early 1830s early trade unions faced a struggle to gain the recognition of employers, and their members were often treated harshly.
An appeal for knobsticks
A 'gentleman of the pit' in this ...
J H Weatherby's Falcon Pottery, Hanley
A view north along Old Town Road with the Falcon Pottery building on the right and the winding gear of Hanley Deep Pit in the distance. Safin House, in the centre, was occupied by S Finney & Sons , a ...
James Heap, Printers and Bookbinders, Stoke upon Trent.
James Heap & Co were a printers and bookbinders in Booth Street, Stoke upon Trent. The company was founded in 1925.
The building is on the corner of Booth Street and Yeaman Street. The company is no ...
Jones & Shufflebottom, Lytton Street, Stoke
The original main body of this building was constructed between 1832 and 1878 with a later extension dating from 1878 to 1900. To the north of the building is an aquaduct over the river Trent. This industrial ...
Labour is the Source of Wealth - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Organising Labour
Printed notice calling for workers in the Potteries to attend a meeting at the Red Lion Inn, Shelton.
The workers were to be addressed by a spokesman of the National Association ...