Transfer printing in a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior showing a worker printing a pattern onto ware using a Murray Curvex printing machine. The flexible dome is pressed onto an inked copper plate. The engraved pattern is transfered ...
Transferring prints, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing two women cutting out and applying transfer prints to china tea cups.
Taken at Sutherland China, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Transporting Ware in a Factory.
Pottery factory courtyard with two workers transporting pottery.
The man in the foreground is carrying tureens on a wareboard. The man in the background is carrying a basket full of ware.
Taken ...
Turner and Lathe Treader.
Pottery factory interior taken in a turning workshop.
A turner and his lathe treader pose for the photo.
Taken at Sampson Smith's, Barker Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Turner. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a pottery turner and assistant at work.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A ...
Turning a Cup.
Pottery factory interior with a view inside a turning workshop.
The man is turning a cup using a turning lathe. He is assisted by the woman on the left.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic ...
Turning Pottery.
Pottery factory interior with a view inside a turning workshop.
The man is using a steam powered turning lathe to smooth a long necked jug.
The power in this case was transmitted via the ropes and ...
Turning Shop.
Pottery factory interior with a view inside a turning shop.
Taken at Earnshaw's Pottery factory.
The lady on the right of the photograph was known as a 'one legged dancer'. She powered the turning ...
Turning Tea Cups. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a pottery turner and assistant at work.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A ...
Turning Workshop. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a pottery worker in a turning workshop. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Turning, Shelley Potteries Ltd., Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a man turning a pot on a powered lathe.
Taken at Shelly Potteries Ltd., The Foley, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic ...
Unknown Location. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing workers cutting cane in a foreign location.
Uttoxeter Road, Draycott-in-the-Moors
Village scene taken at Draycott-in-the-Moors looking east along Uttoxeter Road. The tearrace of cottaghes on the left has been demolished. The building on the right was the Post Office and still stands.
Photograph ...
Warehouse. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide image taken in a pottery manufacturing warehouse with pottery workers packing ware.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Wharf Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Wharf Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is possibly the best known image from the collection. Blake, in a library entry for the North Staffs Field Club, describes ...
William George Brindley
This well presented gentleman is William George Brindley. He was a fire officer in the early 1900's. He died in 1933. Notice how different his uniform is in comparison to today's fire brigade.
Wiping Glaze. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a pottery worker wiping glaze.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
Women Biscuit Brushing.
Pottery factory interior with a view of women sorting biscuit ware outside a kiln.
Biscuit is a term used for ware that has been fired but has not yet been glazed.
They are brushing and inspecting ...