Old Potter's Wheel.
Postcard captioned 'Old Potter's Wheel'.
Containing a pottery factory interior with a view of a girl turning an old hand powered wheel.
This action powered a throwing wheel.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Opening of Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of the crowd gathering to watch the opening of the Masefield Memorial Gateway at Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, Near Cheadle, Staffordshire.
John Richard Beech Masefield was the founder of the ...
Opening of Hawksmoor Nature reserve, near Cheadle. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of the crowd gathering to watch the opening of the Masefield Memorial Gateway at Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, Near Cheadle, Staffordshire.
John Richard Beech Masefield was the founder of the ...
Packing in Crates. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a group of pottery workers packing crates.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A ...
Packing Pottery. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of pottery workers packing pottery.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A ...
Packing Ware in a barrel in a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior with a view of a pottery worker packing ware in a barrel. The barrel was packed with straw to protect the ware during transport.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic ...
Painting Dolls Heads. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing paintresses decorating porcelain dolls heads.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...
Paintresses Decorating China. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing paintresses decorating ware.
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 ...
Papering china, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a woman wrapping ware with tissue paper. This was part of the packing process and protected the delicate ware whilst in transport.
Possibly taken in the warehouse ...
Parade. Photographed by William Blake.
Dancers and musicians at a parade. Unknown location.
Parade. Photographed by William Blake.
Dancers and musicians at a parade. Unknown location.
Picking Coal. Photographed by William Blake.
People foraging for coal during the Coal Strike, March 1912.
Placer filling a Saggar
Factory interior with a pottery worker known as a placer filling a saggar. Photographed by William Blake.
This image appears elsewhere in the collection and was used for a presentation by Blake entitled ...
Placer. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a pottery worker known as a placer.
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 ...
Placing a Biscuit Kiln, Maddock’s pottery, Burslem
Pottery factory interior taken at Maddock's pot bank in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
The workers are placing saggars in a biscuit kiln priot to firing.
Saggars
Saggars are containers made from fireclay ...
Placing at the last firing at the Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior depicting a man placing ware into a saggar prior to firing. Taken at the Sutherland Works, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, this was the last ever firing at the factory. ...
Placing biscuit ware in saggars, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior depicting two men in a placing shop. The men are placing (or bedding) plates in saggars prior to firing. Taken at Mintons Ltd., London Road, Stoke-on-Trent.
Saggars
Saggars ...
Placing the Oven, last firing at the Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior taken at the Sutherland Works, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. The two men are placing saggars for the very last firing at the factory. One of the men is named Fred Greasley. ...