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Smoothing Tool.

Hand-made pottery-making tool for smoothing pressed articles. The tool is made from ceramic material and was used to smooth dishes. Engraved on the tool is the maker's name and the date. Henry ...

Smoothing Tool.

Smoothing tool made from horn or tortoise shell. Pottery-making tool for smoothing or levelling pressed articles. Possibly mass produced. Roughly 15cm in length. Taken from the Gladstone ...

Smoothing Tool.

Flat smoothing tool with a curved section. Hand made from a earthenware, the tool is inscribed; William Miller, Hanley, September 14th 1888. You may look but you must not touch. It is roughly ...

Smoothing Tool.

Smoothing tool made from earthenware. This hand made pottery-making tool has a raised handle and was made from a ceramic plate. Roughly 16cm in length. It was used to smooth the back of a dish ...

Smoothing Tool.

Hand-made pottery-making tool for smoothing pressed articles. The tool is made from blue ceramic material and was used to smooth dishes. It is roughly 9cm in length. Engraved on the tool is the ...

Smoothing Tool.

Kidney-shaped smoothing tool for pottery making. This example is made of rubber. Roughly 11cm in length. Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection. This object is now part ...

Smoothing Tool.

Hand-made pottery-making tool for smoothing pressed articles. The tool is made from ceramic material and was used to make dishes. Roughly 15cm in length. Engraved on the tool is the maker's name, ...

Smoothing Tool.

Pottery-making tool for smoothing or levelling pressed articles. The owner/maker's name and the date he made the tool are inscribed on the piece. His name was T. Turner and he made the tool on ...

Sneyd Brickworks Company's fireclay pit, Burslem

The fireclay pit was north of Bycars Lane. This photograph was taken at the north of the pit, just south of Haywood Road. The Etruria Marl from this pit was used to make firebricks, although Sneyd Brickworks ...

Sneyd Brickworks fireclay pit near Bycars Lane, Burslem

Looking south east over the fireclay pit, and what is today Bycars Lane, towards Vale Park. The area in the foreground has been infilled and is now pitches and sports facilities. The fireclay dug out ...

Sneyd Colliery from Nile Street, Burslem

The camera is looking east from the top of Adelaide Street at the junction with Nile Street towards Sneyd Colliery and Brickworks. The colliery eventually had four shafts mining house and steam coal and ...

Sneyd Colliery ropeway from Adkins Street, Stoke-on-Trent

Looking north east from the end of Adkins Street towards the pulley wheel and pylon on the end of the aerial ropeway or cableway which connected Sneyd Colliery and Brickworks with its spoil tip. The colliery ...

Sneyd Colliery tip from Jug Bank, Cobridge

This is the view north east from near The Jug Inn on Sneyd Street in Cobridge. Sneyd Colliery spoil tip is on the right with the winding gear, chimneys and aerial cableway to the left. Just in front of ...

Sneyd Cricket, Football and Sports Club ground, Burslem

The photograph was taken from the open land at the rear of Adkins Street and shows the football pitch to the left and the cricket ground to the right. the camera is looking south west. The church tower ...

Sneyd Oxide Factory, Commercial Street, rear of 98 Waterloo Road, Burslem

This building was constructed between 1878 and 1900 and is part of Sneyd Oxide Factory and Warehouse. It consists of one irregular unit with basement and a courtyard to rear. There is a double doorway ...

Sneyd Pipe Works, Burslem

Beehive kilns at Sneyd pipe works as seen from the Potteries Loop Line, just north of Hot Lane. The works lay to the west of the line, behind the camera would have been Sneyd Colliery and Brickworks. ...

Sorting Tool.

Hand-made iron sorting tool used to 'sound' pottery to test for cracks or flaws. A perfect item of pottery will make a ringing sound, while a cracked or damaged item sounds dull. The process is ...

Sorting Tool.

Hand-made iron sorting tool used to 'sound' pottery to test for cracks or flaws. A perfect item of pottery will make a ringing sound, while a cracked or damaged item sounds dull. The process is ...