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Falcon Works.

Pottery factory exterior including bottle ovens and an exterior wooden staircase. Exterior stairs were a feature of pottery factories. Workshops tended to be separate rooms with separate entrance doors. There ...

'Fantasque' Sugar sifter

Clarice Cliff 1899 - 1972. Sugar sifter. 1983.P.184. 1929-1934. Over glaze painted earthenware. H : 139 mm. Earthenware sugar sifter, decorated with an over glaze painted pattern of trees and a ...

Fenton. Staffordshire Coal and Iron Works, Sideway. 1930's.

Festival of Britain dish

Dish made to commemorate the Festival of Britain, 1951. 1978.P.72. 1951.

Fettling flatware, Sutherland Works, Longton

Pottery factory interior showing a woman fettling saucers and plates. Fettling is the process of removing marks from the ware prior to firing. The fettling of flatware is also known as towing, as a coarse ...

Fettling Tool.

Hand-made fettling tool made from a thin strip of iron. Used to scrape clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface prior to firing. Roughly 18cm in length. Taken from the Gladstone ...

Fettling Tool.

Hand-made fettler's tool made from a short iron strip. The strip is ground to a point at one end. Used to scrape clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface prior to firing. Roughly 8cm ...

Fettling Toolbox

Biscuit tin containing fettling tools. Fettling is the name given to the pottery-making process of smoothing out any surface blemishes on the clay after casting. This set of tools belonged to a ...

Fettling Tools. Cloth.

Fettler's cloth. Roughly 14cm in length. Used in the pottery-making process to smooth out any surface blemishes on the clay before drying and firing. This work was known as fettling. This beige ...

Fettling Tools. Fettling Felt.

Fettler's felt, used in the pottery-making process to smooth out any surface blemishes on the clay before drying and firing. This work was known as fettling. Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum ...

Fettling Tools. Fettling Knife.

Potter's fettling knife. Fettling is the process of removing marks from the ware prior to firing. Roughly 15cm in length. Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection. This object ...

Fettling Tools. Fettling Knife.

Fettler's knife with a metal blade and wooden handle. Used to scrape clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface prior to firing. Roughly 17cm in length. Taken from the Gladstone ...

Fettling Tools. Fettling Knife.

Fettler's knife with a metal blade and wooden handle. Used to scrape clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface prior to firing. Roughly 14cm in length. Taken from the Gladstone ...

Fettling Tools. Fettling Knife.

Fettler's knife with a metal blade and wooden handle. Used to scrape clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface prior to firing. Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection. This ...

Fettling Tools. Fettling Knife.

Fettler's knife with a wooden handle and metal blade. The bottom of the blade is bound with string. This is possibly to prevent breaking or to make it more comfortable to grip. Used to scrape clay ...

Fettling Tools. Knitting Needle.

Knitting needle made of plastic coated metal. It was possibly used as a fettling tool to smooth out any surface blemishes on the clay before drying and firing. Roughly 18cm in length. Taken ...

Fettling Tools. Lollipop.

Fettler's lollipop made of foam with a wooden handle. A fettling/sponging tool used to rub clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface before firing. The tool is roughly 17cm in length. Taken ...

Fettling Tools. Natural Sponge.

Potter's fettling sponge. Used when moistened after fettling, to smooth out any surface blemishes on the clay before drying and firing. Fettling is the process of removing marks from the ware prior ...