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, ...
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 ...
St. Gregory's, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Church exterior taken at St. Gregory's, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Stoke Roundhouse, Stoke-on-Trent
This is the locomotive yard at Stoke Roundhouse in Stoke-on-Trent and the men standing around the engine are likely to be locomotive engineers and company managers. If you look closely you can see that ...
The Potteries Die Company, Knypersley Road, Norton-in-the-Moors
The Potteries Die Co. premises on Knypersley Road, Norton. The company started in 1936 making precision moulds and press-tool equipment for the ceramics industry and today is a tool maker for a wide range ...
The Proprieters of the Light Post Coach - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Post coach in the Potteries - Finally!
The national post coach service begins to run through the Potteries as part of the London to Liverpool service.
The Potteries had been trying to get this service ...
Throwing rib
Throwing rib made from pottery. A pottery-making tool used for smoothing the outside shape of a pot while it is being thrown. There is a hole to hang the tool up when not in use. Ribs are usually made ...
Throwing Rib.
Thrower's rib made from slate.
A hand held pottery-making tool used for smoothing the outside shape of a pot while it was being thrown.
There is a hole to hang the tool up when not in use.
Roughly ...
Throwing Rib.
Thrower's rib made from slate.
A hand-held tool used for smoothing the outside shape of a pot while it is
being thrown.
The thumb hole aids use.
Ribs are usually made from pottery, metal ...
Throwing Rib.
Throwing rib made from rubber. A pottery-making tool used for smoothing the outside shape of a pot while it is being thrown.
Ribs are usually made from pottery, metal or slate and would normally be ...
Throwing Rib.
Throwing rib made of slate.
A pottery-making tool used for smoothing the outside shape of a pot while it is being thrown.
The thumb hole aids use.
Roughly 13cm in length.
Ribs are usually ...
Throwing Rib.
Throwing rib made from rubber.
Roughly 9cm in length.
A pottery-making tool used for smoothing the outside shape of a pot while it is being thrown.
Ribs are usually made from pottery, metal or ...
Throwing Rib.
Thrower's rib made from fired white earthenware.
A hand held pottery-making tool used for smoothing the outside shape of a pot while it was being thrown.
There is a hole to hang the tool up when ...
Throwing Rib.
Thrower's rib made from fired white earthenware. Roughly 9cm in length.
A hand held pottery-making tool used for smoothing the outside shape of a pot while it was being thrown.
There is a hole to ...
Throwing Rib.
Thrower's rib made from iron.
A hand-held tool used for smoothing the outside shape of a pot while it is being thrown.
The thumb hole aids use.
Ribs are usually made from pottery, metal or ...
Throwing Rib.
Throwing rib made from rubber. A pottery-making tool used for smoothing the outside shape of a pot while it is being thrown.
Ribs are usually made from pottery, metal or slate and would normally be ...