Painting, Unknown Portrait. Photographed by William Blake.
Portrait painting. Unknown subject and artist.
Paintresses Decorating China. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing paintresses decorating ware.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder ...
Papering china, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a woman wrapping ware with tissue paper. This was part of the packing process and protected the delicate ware whilst in transport.
Possibly taken in the warehouse ...
Parade. Photographed by William Blake.
Dancers and musicians at a parade. Unknown location.
Parade. Photographed by William Blake.
Dancers and musicians at a parade. Unknown location.
Patent Cast Iron Octagon Box Nave - an advertisement from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Rough and potholed roads posed serious problems in this period, when a broken wheel could mean damaged cargo or long delays to a journey.
Tomorrow's World
Just imagine - to talk excitedly about ...
Patent Potter's Ovens - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Protecting ideas
Printed notice informing pottery manufacturers of Valentine Close and James Keeling's successful application for patent on a new oven design.
The new design promises to use less ...
Pate-Sur-Pate, M.Solon. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with an example of pate sur pate style pottery decoration by an artist named M. Solon.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Pate-Sur-Pate, M.Solon. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with an example of pate sur pate style pottery decoration by an artist named M. Solon.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Pate-Sur-Pate, M.Solon. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with an example of pate sur pate style pottery decoration by an artist named M. Solon.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Peace - 1813 petition from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Hard Times in the Potteries
By 1813, years of war with France, and later the United States, had pushed Britain's businesses to the brink of bankruptcy.
The pottery manufacturers were no exception, ...
Peace meeting at Hanley Town Hall - a document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Hard Times in the Potteries
By 1813, years of war with France, and later the United States, had pushed Britain's businesses to the brink of bankruptcy.
The pottery manufacturers were no exception, ...
Peacock, Trentham Gardens. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Trentham Gardens, near Stoke-on-Trent. The view includes a peacock and a water fountain.
The estate was home and pleasure gardens to the Dukes of Sutherland from the seventeenth to the early ...
Peep into a Potter's Kiln
Lantern slide with a view of a hot kiln interior. Photographed by William Blake.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire ...
People of England - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A restless and ambitious Usurper
Broadsheet outlining the dangers posed to Great Britain by Napoleon Bonaparte and the French army.
Napoleon had fought many successful land wars with the monarchies ...
Petition to John Davenport - An 1831 election document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Before 1831, Stoke-on-Trent shared its Member of Parliament with the rest of Staffordshire.
By July 1831, a new Reform Act was promising to transform the face of elections forever.
An MP for the ...
Peverill Castle and Rocky Landscape. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide with a rocky landscape and view of Peverill Castle at Castleton, Derbyshire.
Photo. Of Drawing By Mrs. Kathleen Blake, Mine Workings. Photographed by William Blake.
Sketch of a mine building by Mrs. Kathleen Blake. The location of the mine is unknown.