Burton Place, Hanley
The building on the right was occupied in the 1960s by Foulkes, building and decorating materials suppliers but had previously been a pottery. From the early 1920s until 1937, this was part of the Corona ...
C G Ramsden's works, Duke Street, Fenton
C G Ramsden manufactured colours and glazes for the ceramics industry. The works were at the southern end of Duke Street, close to the railway line. The works is on the site of Oldfield's 19th century ...
Caldon Canal from Bedford Street bridge, Hanley
Looking south along the Caldon Canal from the bridge at Bedford Street. On the left is the edge of large Bedford earthenware works operated by Ridgways. The tall building in the centre of the photograph ...
Caldon Canal from near Botteslow Street bridge, Hanley
The camera is looking east from the Caldon Canal towpath near Botteslow Street road bridge. The row of buildings on the left are the rear of Elijah Cotton's Nelson Pottery works. On the right was the ...
Caldon Canal near Lichfield Street, Stoke-on-Trent
This picture shows the Caldon Canal running past a pottery factory near Lichfield Street in Stoke-on-Trent. Canals were a very important means of transporting raw materials and finished ceramic products: ...
Caldon Canal, near Lichfield Street, Stoke-on-Trent
A potbank alongside the Caldon Canal.
Cannon Street, Hanley
The camera is looking north east along Cannon Street (now Cannon Place) towards the centre of Hanley. In the centre distance is Hanley town Hall with its steep roofs. The photograph was taken from the ...
Caroline China Ltd.
Pottery factory exterior including a bottle oven.
Taken at Caroline Pottery, Caroline Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
The bottle oven was demolished in 1983.
All bottle ovens in the city are ...
Caroline Pottery Works, Caroline Street, Longton
A view of the rear of Caroline Pottery Works, and In the background is the Church of St.John the Baptist or Lane End Church built between 1792-1795.
In the centre of the photograph are two conical kilns, ...
Caroline Street, Longton
This is a view north east along Caroline Street. At the top end lies the junction with Upper Cross Street and Anchor Passage with The Miners' Rest public house (a Parker's Ales inn) just visible on the ...
Casting by Hand. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing three young women in the process of casting by hand.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...
Casting Cups from Liquid Clay. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a view of pottery workers operating a casting machine.
This image appears elsewhere in the collection and was used for a presentation by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...
Casting in a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior showing a caster at work.
The man is filling moulds with slip (liquid clay) from a hose.
The shelves contain lines of moulds and unfired ware.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Casting Machine
Lantern slide showing male and female pottery workers operating a casting machine. Photographed by William Blake.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show ...
Casting Workshop.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a casting shop and workers.
Rows of jugs in their moulds can be seen in the foreground of the picture.
Taken at the Morley Fox pottery factory in Fenton, ...
Ceramic paintresses. Circa 1910
Three women painting dolls’ heads for use in toy manufacture. The Edwardian period saw a rise in popularity in toy dolls with ceramic painted heads, as they became cheaper to mass produce.
The women ...
Ceramics works, Normacot Road, Longton
The building on the left was the offices of Shaw & Copestake Ltd., the producers of fancy earthenware with the Sylvac mark. They had factories nearby on Normacot Road and Chadwick Street. The building ...
Chancery Lane, Longton
Old cottage and pottery factories at the crossroads of Chancery Lane and Kingcross Lane, Longton.