Vase or jar
A Moorcroft vase or jar.
William Moorcroft was born in 1872 in Burslem. He studied at the National Art Training School, England and in Paris. The Moorcroft factory on Sandbach Road in Cobridge was ...
Victoria Pottery, Fenton
This photograph is of the old Victoria earthenware works in what was known as Lane Delph, now Fenton. This is the south side of the works, looking from China Street and Meakins Row, on a snowy, overcast ...
Victoria Works, Fenton
The west side of the Victoria Works (latterly Victoria & Trentham Pottery) from China Street in Fenton, on a snowy November day in 1962. This area of Fenton was once known as Lane Delph and the Victoria ...
View from Norton Lane towards Bagnall, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking east from Norton Lane with the higher ground of Bagnall in the distance. In the foreground is Buller's (Allied Insulators) works with three bottle kilns. The Caldon Canal runs alongside the works, ...
View of the Potteries from Stoke-on-Trent
A view south east from open ground near the top of Sturgess Street in Stoke-on-Trent. The roof in the centre foreground behind the trees belongs to the main range of Falcon Pottery Works, built 1902-1905. ...
View over Longton from Ashwood area.
A view almost due south from Ashwood towards the centre of Longton with the tower of St James The Less church in the centre of the photograph. Longton town centre lies to the right. Immediately to the ...
View towards Tunstall from the top of The Sytch, Burslem
The Sytch was the hill up to Burslem from Brownhills. The photograph is looking north east with Westport Road (formerly Liverpool Road) in the foreground. What is now Federation Road would be going off ...
'Viscaria' Bowl
Clarice Cliff 1899-1972.
Sugar bowl. 1981.P.210. 1934-1937.
Over glaze painted earthenware. D : 115 mm, H : 60 mm.
Earthenware sugar bowl. Decorated with 'Honey Glaze' and an over glaze painted ...
Vulcan Works, Clough Street, Hanley
The Vulcan Works was operated by Swinnertons Ltd (a company linked with the neighbouring Alcock, Lindley & Bloore pottery). Between then two works is Slippery Lane.
The Vulcan Works dates from the ...
Wade Heath's Hill Works Pottery, Burslem
The photograph was taken looking up Westport Road from the near the corner of Back Sytch Road (now no longer). On the left is the sign for Hill Top Council Junior and Infants' School which were on the ...
Wade Whimsies Crocodile
Wade Ceramics Ltd began making small porcelain 'Whimsies' figures in 1954. This is a later example of Wade’s ‘Crocodile’, manufactured as part of a series of 32 miniature animals commissioned for Brooke ...
Wade's Pottery, Greenhead Street, Burslem
George Wade & Sons factory on Greenhead Street in Burslem. The Manchester Pottery and the neighbouring Flaxman Tile Works were known as the Greenhead Works, the centre of the Wade pottery empire. The ...
Wagstaff & Brunt's Pottery, Longton
Wagstaff & Brunt's Richmond Pottery on the corner of March Road and King Street in Longton. March Road was known as Richmond Road until the 1950s. A 1908 advert for the company claimed that this was ...
Wall Bracket
Wall bracket decorated with a modelled dragon by Robert Wallace Martin, London c.1910.
Artist:
Robert Wallace Martin (British, 1843–1923)
Title:
A Martin Brothers stoneware wall bracket designed ...
Washington Pottery Works, Waterloo Road, Burslem
Looking along Waterloo Road towards Burslem with the old Washington Pottery with the clock tower on the left. The pottery site and the buildings to the right have all been demolished, although the white ...
Washington Pottery, College Road, Shelton
Looking north along College Road (formerly Victoria Road) with the Washington Pottery in the centre. Off to the left is Shelton Farm, complete with sheep. On the extreme right hand edge is the Drill Hall, ...
Weatherby & Sons, Town Road, Hanley
The photograph shows two bottle kilns belonging to J H Weatherby's Falcon Pottery. In the foreground is the entrance to James Topham's Cooperage, manufacturing wooden barrels mainly for the pottery trade. ...
Wedgwood's Etruria Factory, Stoke-on-Trent
Josiah Wedgwood's Etruria Works opened in 1769. Importantly, the factory was built on land that Wedgwood knew lay on the route of the proposed Trent & Mersey Canal which was opened in 1777. The factory ...