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Casting Machine

Lantern slide showing male and female pottery workers operating a casting machine. Photographed by William Blake. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show ...

Casting Workshop.

Pottery factory interior with a view of a casting shop and workers. Rows of jugs in their moulds can be seen in the foreground of the picture. Taken at the Morley Fox pottery factory in Fenton, ...

Cat vases

Cat vases by Wade. The Wade Group of Potteries started in 1810 at Burslem but 1922 several potteries amalgamated to become George Wade & Son, Ltd. of the Manchester Pottery, Greenhead Street, Burslem.

Cat's eye decoration jugs and mug

Earthenware jugs and mug. Height of mug 80mm. Cat's eye decoration was achieved by using a three-chambered slip-bottle, patented in 1811, which allowed several colours of slip to be applied at once. ...

Ceramic paintresses. Circa 1910

Three women painting dolls’ heads for use in toy manufacture. The Edwardian period saw a rise in popularity in toy dolls with ceramic painted heads, as they became cheaper to mass produce. The women ...

Ceramic Vases, Hanley Museum. Photographed by William Blake.

A collection of ceramic vases decorated in the pate sur pate style, including work by the artist M.Solon. Taken at Hanley Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Ceramic Vases, Hanley Museum. Photographed by William Blake.

A collection of ceramic vases decorated in the pate sur pate style, including work by the artist M.Solon. Taken at Hanley Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Ceramics works, Normacot Road, Longton

The building on the left was the offices of Shaw & Copestake Ltd., the producers of fancy earthenware with the Sylvac mark. They had factories nearby on Normacot Road and Chadwick Street. The building ...

Chelson Street potworks, Longton

These are the backs of properties on Chelson Street (was Bagnall Street until the 1950s) in Longton as seen from St James' Churchyard. The ovens and chimneys belonged to the Stanley Works operated until ...

Child Pottery Worker. Photographed by William Blake.

A child pottery worker hand jiggering for a bowl or dishmaker who is "jollying" the ware. Jollying is the process of shaping ware inside a mould with a combination of shaping tools and centrifugal ...

Children's plates and cup

Earthenware printed plates and cup. Height of cup 65mm . Pottery made specifically for children became increasingly popular from the early 19th century. The two plates have inscriptions, 'A reward for ...

China Basket Making.

Pottery factory interior showing female workers, china basket and china flower making. The women are using a combination of extrusion presses, plaster moulds and hand tools to make the ware. The ...

China Dippers. Photographed by William Blake.

Lantern slide showing two pottery workers dipping china. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” A small ...

China thrower making cups, Sutherland Works, Longton

Pottery factory interior showing a china thrower and his assistant making cups. It is a two-stage process. Firstly the thrower throws rough linings, which can be seen on the bench in front of him. He ...

China Turning, Sutherland Works, Longton.

Pottery factory interior with a view inside a turning shop. The turner is shaping the foot of a cup on a turning lathe with an attendant standing by. The attendant would hand a cup to the turner who fastened ...

Chinoiserie pattern plate

Earthenware dark blue printed plate. Diameter 200mm. The Chinese style became increasingly popular in Europe from the late 16th century onwards, influencing designs of furniture, silverware and architecture. Chinese ...

Chromo Pottery Transfers Ltd., Meigh Street, Hanley.

This works was on the corner of Meigh Street and Burton Place in Hanley. It was the site of the Corona clothing works and before that the Corona Pottery. Now demolished, the land is now the rear of Marks ...

Church Bank Pottery, Bank Street, Tunstall

The imposing chimney of Church the Bank pottery. The original Church Bank works was built by Robert Beswick in 1842 and passed through several hands before becoming Thomas Booth took over in 1868, manufacturing ...