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Making Basins.
Pottery factory interior.
The man is making large basins using a vertical jolley.
A jolley was a machine for making shapes out of solid blocks of clay. It consisted of a rotating wheel, a mould ...
Making Cow Cream Jugs. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a pottery worker in the process of making Cow Creamer Jugs.
Making Cups using a Jolley.
Pottery factory interior showing a woman using a jolley to make cups.
A jolley was a machine for making shapes out of solid blocks of clay. It consisted of a rotating wheel and a levered profile tool. ...
Malkin Tile Company, Newport Lane, Middleport
The camera is looking southwards along Newport Lane with Malkin's Encaustic Tile Works on the right. The large square building in the background is one of the rolling mills at Shelton steel works.
Malkin ...
Malpass Street, Tunstall
Looking north along Malpass Street (known as Hall Street until the 1950s) from The Boulevard (formerly Station Road) in Tunstall. This view has completely disappeared with the extension and widening of ...
Man in casting shop, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior taken in a casting shop. The pottery worker is fettling and sponging a plate with an incised decoration. Tools, brushes and moulds can be seen on the worker's bench. Taken at ...
Manufacturers' Agreement on the Price of Crates - from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This notice was delivered to Mr. Wood of Burslem.
Of crucial importance to local pottery manufacturers was the price of packaging.
While the price of wares could be agreed and standardised, the ...
Manufacturers' Agreement on the Price of Crates - from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
While the wholesale price of wares was often agreed across the Potteries, the cost of straw and crates for packaging was sometimes less predictable.
Five local pottery firms here announce their decision ...
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'Wild Geese' mark. Peter Scott for Midwinter.
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Mark from large earthenware bowl on foot, thrown and turned by Michael Cardew and decorated by Henry Bergen at Winchcombe Pottery.
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Spode 'Olympus' backstamp.
Market Street, Fenton
The camera is looking west along what was Market Street towards Victoria Square in Fenton. Market Street, with some modification, has become King Street. The properties on both sides of the road have ...
Marking Tool.
Slate marking-tool with a sharpened point.
It has "42s" inscribed on it and was probably used to scratch marks into unfired clay for date or payment purposes.
Roughly 3.5cm in length.
Taken ...
Marking Tool.
Potter's marker or backstamp.
This fired earthenware stamp, with a banjo-shaped head, was used to mark unfired ware with the maker's stamp for date or payment purposes.
Roughly 6cm in length.
Taken ...
Marl Hole and Shard Ruck. Photographed by William Blake.
Postcard containing an industrial landscape with a view of the Daisy Bank marl hole and shard ruck, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
These huge holes were created due to the large scale extraction ...
Marsden's Tiles, Middleport
Mardsen's Tiles works were on the corner of Dale Street and Newcastle Street. This photograph was taken from Newcastle Street, Dale Street runs off to the left. The Marsden Tile company operated from ...
Mayer's and Sherrat's.
Pottery factory interior showing cup makers in a jolleying workshop.
Taken at Mayer's and Sherrat's pot bank, Stoke-on-Trent.
The four people are identified on the original copy of the photo. They ...
Meakin's Newfield Pottery, Tunstall
Alfred Meakin's Newfield Pottery stood on High Street between Tunstall and Sandyford in the area known as Newfield. Just to the right of the photograph were Newfield Sidings, at the end of the Newfield ...