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.
Thrower's rib made from fired earthenware.
Marked with initials "W H".
A hand held tool used for smoothing
the outside shape of a pot while it is being thrown.
The thumb hole aids use. ...
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 ...
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.
This example has no thumb hole but an extension to aids use, which makes ...
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. Ribs are usually made from pottery, metal or ...
Throwing Rib.
Thrower's rib made from fired red 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 not ...
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 or ...
To Potters - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Job Vacancies
Printed notice dated April 7th 1810, advertising work opportunities for dish-makers, plate-makers and muffin-makers at the Wood and Caldwell pot bank in Burslem.
Up to three years ...
To the members of the Union and the working classes generally - a notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
An address to members of the potters' union, urging them not to be tempted into violence against their opponents.
In the early 1800s, times were hard and trade unions were barely recognised. Many employers ...
To the People - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Reform
Printed notice advocating the use of non-violent means to achieve reform of the political system.
Britains political system was dominated and maintained by aristocratic landowners. The growing ...
Trentham Smithy
Built in the early 19th century, the Smithy at Trentham features a horseshoe shaped doorway.
Twentieth Century Hell
Industrial landscape taken in the Potteries with the caption "20th Century Hell". Photographed by William Blake.
This photograph, with its damning caption, is one of many that criticise the conditions ...
Union Inn, Measham, March 31st 1796 - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Post in the Potteries - 1796
In 1796 a national postal system using a fleet of coaches was growing in coverage but still did not directly serve the Potteries.
Many towns and cities not served by ...
Unlawful Oaths - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Twenty Pounds Reward
Notice from the North Staffordshire Coal Masters offering twenty pounds reward for information leading to the prosecution of anyone breaking the law under the Unlawful Oaths Act.
Abstracts ...
Unlawful Oaths - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
A law devised to deter naval mutiny
The Unlawful Oaths Act of 1797 was initially enacted during the early period of the Napoleonic Wars to curb mutinous behaviour in the navy.
This act was not repealed ...
Weatherby & Sons, Town Road, Hanley
The photograph shows two bottle kilns belonging to J H Weatherby's Falcon Pottery. In the foreground is the entrance to James Topham's Cooperage, manufacturing wooden barrels mainly for the pottery trade. ...
Wharf Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake
Children wait patiently to pick up small lumps of coal dropped by the coal merchants. Once bought by a merchant then dropped in transit the coal became fair game. Children would hurry the coal home for ...