Dipping Ware.
Pottery factory interior including two workers dipping ware.
The workers are in the process of dipping fired (or biscuit) ware in preparation for a second glost (or glazed) firing.
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Dipping Ware.
Pottery factory interior taken at Aynsley China, Commerce Street, Stoke-on-Trent.
The workers are in the process of dipping fired (or biscuit) ware in preparation for a second glost (or glazed) firing.
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Dipping Ware.
Pottery factory interior showing a man and a boy dipping ware in a dipping house.
The workers are in the process of dipping fired (or biscuit) ware in preparation for a second glost (or glazed) firing.
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Dipping.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a dipping house.
The workers are in the process of dipping fired (or biscuit) ware in preparation for a second glost (or glazed) firing.
Health risks associated ...
Dipping.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a dipping house.
The workers are in the process of dipping fired (or biscuit) ware in preparation for a second glost (or glazed) firing.
Health risks associated ...
Drawing an oven, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing two workers drawing an oven after firing. Drawing was the term used to describe taking the ware out of the kiln after firing. Taken at Sutherland China, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
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Emptying Saggars. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing pottery workers in the process of emptying saggars.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...
Emptying Saggars. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a view of pottery workers emptying saggars. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Enamel Kiln, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior depicting the placing of an enamel kiln. Enamel kilns are much smaller than bottle ovens, and because the whole inside of the kiln is made from refractory material do not need ...
Enamelling, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing enamellers at work inside a decorating shop. Taken at Sutherland China, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Enamelling
Enamelling is the process of painting on an underglaze ...
Engraver at work, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior showing a man hand-engraving a design on a flat copper plate. The copper plate would then be inked and used to make a paper transfer of the design. The design would then be applied ...
Filter press, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior showing two slip house workers using a filter press in the preparation of clay. The workers are disassembling the press to remove the clay. Taken at Minton's factory in Stoke-on-Trent.
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Finished Warehouse, Grimwades, Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior with a view of a warehouse.
The women in the picture are checking ware for quality and wrapping it in preparation for leaving the factory.
The woman on the left is checking ...
Fireclay Workers.
Group portrait of pottery workers known as fireclay workers.
Fireclay is the material used to make heavy sanitaryware items like fireclay baths, sinks (the Belfast sort), items for hospitals and mortuaries ...
Fireman Stoking Calcining Kiln.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a fireman stoking a calcining kiln.
Calcining is the process of heating bone or flint to soften it for grinding down into a powder.
Bone and flint powder ...
Firing a Kiln at Minton Hollins.
Pottery factory interior showing a fireman shovelling coal into a kiln firemouth.
Formed ware is made hard by exposing it to very high temperatures, which was commonly achieved by firing it in a bottle ...
Fixing Spout and Teapot.
Pottery factory interior showing a man fixing a spout to a teapot.
The teapot was assembled or stuck up when the clay had dried to a leather-hard state, not completely dry.
The pieces were joined ...
Flat-Presser Making Dishes.
Pottery factory interior showing a flat-presser making dishes.
A young mould runner waits on the presser, supplying him with moulds.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
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