At Consall. Photographed by William Blake.
Old pit workings south of Consall Forge.
Axe and Grindstone. Photographed by William Blake.
On the left is a Late Bronze Age socketed axe head.
On the right is the lower part of a rotary quern, a milling device from the Roman period. A heavy stone with a central hole would have sat on this ...
Axe Edge, near Leek. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Axe Edge and the Leek-Buxton road.
This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
The image is one of a series labelled "Leek & Buxton".
Axe Edge, neer Leek. Photographed by William Blake.
A view of Axe Edge and the Leek-Buxton road. This area lies within the Peak District National Park. The image is one of a series labelled "Leek & Buxton".
Backstamping.
Pottery factory interior showing a female worker in the process of backstamping plates.
The backstamp is the pottery maker's mark or logo.
Taken at Alfred Meakin Ltd., Royal Albert Pottery, Tunstall, ...
Baiting at the last firing, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior depicting volunteer Paul Nibblett 'baiting' or stoking fires at the Sutherland Works, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. This was the last ever firing at the factory.
Formed ...
Band and Liners.
Pottery factory interior showing banders and liners decorating plates and saucers.
Taken at Grosvenor China, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Banding was a form of decoration where a single band or several ...
Banding.
Pottery factory interior showing a row of banders decorating ware.
They are painting enamel lines onto the ware using whirlers.
Banding is the term for painting lines around ware using colour.
The ...
Banding.
Pottery factory interior showing a man decorating a tea cup.
He is painting a band around the lip of the cup using a whirler. This is commonly known as banding.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery ...
Barlaston Avenue. Photographed by William Blake.
Barlaston Avenue, Barlaston, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Barlaston Cemetery. Photographed by William Blake.
Barlaston Cemetery's West Side, Barlaston, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Barlaston Cemetery. Photographed by William Blake.
Barlaston Cemetery's West Side, Barlaston, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Barlaston Downs. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Barlaston Downs, also known as Downs Banks, near Stone, Staffordshire.
Barlaston Green
Village scene with a view of the green at Barlaston, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Barlaston Old Road. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene with a view of Barlaston Old Road, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Barlow family at Highcroft, Rough Close
Mrs Fanny Barlow and her family in the garden of Highcroft. Her husband, Charles Barlow died in 1897.
This is one of a set of photographs of the Barlow family of Highcroft, Windmill Hill, Rough Close. ...
Barlow family at Highcroft, Rough Close
Charles Barlow, pottery manufacturer (in bowler hat), with his family in the garden at Highcroft.
This is one of a set of photographs of the Barlow family of Highcroft, Windmill Hill, Rough Close. ...
Barlow family at Highcroft, Rough Close
Charles Barlow (left) with two of his children and the coachman.
This is one of a set of photographs of the Barlow family of Highcroft, Windmill Hill, Rough Close. The Barlows were pottery manufacturers ...