Handling cups, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a woman applying handles to china tea cups. The handles were stuck on using liquid clay or slip. Taken at Sutherland China, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken ...
Handling.
Pottery factory interior showing a woman applying handles to cups.
Taken at J. Wedgwood & Sons Ltd.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of ...
Hand-Painting ware in a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior showing a man hand painting ware.
Men usually painted the most prestigious ware a factory produced.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This ...
Hand-painting ware in a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior showing paintresses at work inside a decorating shop.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent ...
Harvey Street or Sneyd Terrace, Burslem
The camera is looking northeast along what was Harvey Street in the 1890s, later Sneyd Terrace and now named Lingard Street. At the top end today is Stoke on Trent College's Burslem campus. On the right ...
Head mouldmaker, Foley China Works, Fenton
Pottery factory interior taken at Foley China Works, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent. This black and white print is mounted inside a Christmas card, which is inscribed ‘Greetings of the Season and good wishes ...
Henry Richard's Tile Works, Tunstall
Backing onto Williamson Street, this workshop was part of Henry Richard's Pinnox Tile Works. When the photograph was taken, the works were being demolished. The trolley and wheeled chests were used to ...
Holloware Presser - Making Dishes.
Pottery factory interior showing a 'presser' making cover dishes.
The boy standing behind the two men was known as a mould-runner.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection. ...
Industrial Landscape. Photographed by William Blake.
Print of an industrial landscape with a view of pot bank bottle kilns and a house.
Unknown location.
Inside an Enamel Kiln.
Pottery factory interior with a view inside an enamel kiln placed with decorated wares. No saggars are being used in this firing.
Decorated pottery was coal fired in an enamel (or muffle) kiln.
Enamel ...
Inspecting and Packing Ware.
Pottery factory interior with a view of an inspection and packing department.
The very best quality would be firsts, less good quality seconds, thirds and lump would be sold by weight to market traders.
Taken ...
Inspecting Plates.
Pottery factory interior showing a man inspecting plates.
He is looking for imperfections left on the ware from the firing process.
Taken at Shelly's pottery factory, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken ...
Jiggerer and Mould Runner.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a jiggerer and young mould runner making plates.
A flat piece of clay is placed on the rotating mould and a levered profile tool is brought down upon it.
The ...
Jiggering a dish in a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior showing a man making a dish using a jigger. flat piece of clay is placed on the rotating mould and a levered profile tool is brought down upon it.
The batter on the right ...
Jiggering and Casting.
Pottery factory interior showing a man making dishes using a jigger.
A flat piece of clay is placed on the rotating mould and a levered profile tool is brought down upon it.
The mould shapes the ...
Jiggering at Gladstone.
Pottery factory interior with a view inside a flatmaking workshop.
The worker is seated at a jiggering bench.
Jiggering was a way of fashioning flat wares using a combination of moulds and profile ...
Jiggering Workshop, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a jiggering workshop. The picture includes the caption "Jolliers Making Saucers and Plates" but this process is normally known as jiggering. The jiggerers are making ...
Jiggering.
Pottery factory interior showing a man making plates using a jiggering machine.
A flat piece of clay is placed on a rotating mould and a levered profile tool is brought down upon it.
The mould shapes ...