Burnishing Tool.
Burnishing tool with a bloodstone or haematite head.
Used in pottery making to enhance the appearance of fired gold decoration.
After firing, the gold decoration would be dull.
The gold was wiped ...
Burnishing Tool.
Burnishing tool with an head made of agate, a semi-precious form of silica.
Used in pottery making to enhance the appearance of fired gold decoration.
After firing, the gold decoration would be ...
Burnishing Tool.
Burnishing tool with an head made of agate, a semi-precious form of silica.
Used in pottery making to enhance the appearance of fired gold decoration.
After firing, the gold decoration would be ...
Burnishing Tool.
Burnishing tool with a bloodstone or haematite head.
Used in pottery making to enhance the appearance of fired gold decoration.
After firing, the gold decoration would be dull.
The gold was wiped ...
Burnishing Tool.
Burnishing tool with a bloodstone or haematite head.
Used in pottery making to enhance the appearance of fired gold decoration.
After firing, the gold decoration would be dull.
The gold was wiped ...
Burnishing Tool.
Burnishing tool with a bloodstone or haematite head.
Used in pottery making to enhance the appearance of fired gold decoration.
After firing, the gold decoration would be dull.
The gold was wiped ...
Burnishing Tools. Glass Fibre Brush.
Burnisher's glass fibre brush.
The tool consists of many glass fibres bound with tape and is roughly 5cm in length.
Used on ware with gold decoration.
The gold would be rubbed with a tool like ...
Burslem and Wolstanton Poor Union - a document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
In the 1790s, the expense of providing relief to the poor fell upon local parishes in Stoke-on-Trent.
This document outlines a meeting held to discuss sharing the costs between Burslem and nearby Wolstanton.
The ...
Cases of Distress and Oppression, in the Staffordshire Potteries; By Labourers Wages being paid in Truck - Booklet from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
The Truck System
This was system whereby the workers were forced to accept goods in lieu of payment.
They would be payed in tokens, which could only be spent at the company store or Tommy Shop.
The ...
Clay Wedger. Photographed by William Blake.
Portrait of a pottery worker known as a clay wedger 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 small ...
Coal Strike, March 1912. Coal Pickers at Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
People scavenge for bits of coal during the coal strike of 1912.
Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened ...
Copeland Street, Stoke-on-Trent
Copeland Street was a hive of activity in 1928. There were many businesses on this road, including Keelings timber merchants and Samuel Allsopp & Sons Brewery. The chimney to the right of the picture ...
Copper Plate Engraving (Reverse).
Copper plate engraving with a small hole punched at either end.
The plate is engraved on both sides and is about 10cm in length.
This side shows various doodles, writings and test marks.
It ...
Copper Plate Engraving.
Copper plate engraving with a small hole punched at either end.
The plate is engraved on both sides and is around 10cm long.
This side shows engravings of young girls.
It was cut from a larger ...
Cratemakers.
View of a cratemaking company yard. In the foreground is the company truck and the cratemakers.
The long hazel rods used in crate making can be seen in the background, alongside some finished crates. ...
Dust Extraction Equipment. Photographed by William Blake.
Exhibition stand showing dust extraction equipment made by W.E. Browning & Co., Leytonstone.
Egyptian Wall Painting. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a diagram taken from an article entitled "Egyptian Potters at Work (From a Wall-Painting at Beni Hasan)".
The article outlines an Egyptian process for making ceramic cups through ...
Egyptian, Pottery Workers. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing an Egyptian Potter selling his ware on the banks of the Nile.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire ...