Elizabeth Mary Blake. Photographed by William Blake.
Full length portrait of Elizabeth Mary Blake in a graduation cap and gown.
Elizabeth Mary Blake. Photographed by William Blake.
Full length portrait of Elizabeth Mary Blake in a graduation cap and gown.
Ellesmere. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscaspe with tree, bench and figures. Taken at Ellesmere, Shropshire.
Emptying Saggars. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a view of pottery workers emptying saggars. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Emptying Saggars. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing pottery workers in the process of emptying saggars.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...
Enamel Kiln, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior depicting the placing of an enamel kiln. Enamel kilns are much smaller than bottle ovens, and because the whole inside of the kiln is made from refractory material do not need ...
Enamelling, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing enamellers at work inside a decorating shop. Taken at Sutherland China, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Enamelling
Enamelling is the process of painting on an underglaze ...
Engraver at work, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior showing a man hand-engraving a design on a flat copper plate. The copper plate would then be inked and used to make a paper transfer of the design. The design would then be applied ...
Entrance to Trentham Pleasure Gardens. Photographed by William Blake.
Visitors at the entrance to Trentham Pleasure Gardens, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Trentham estate was home and pleasure gardens to the Dukes of Sutherland from the seventeenth to the early ...
Erskine St., Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Erskine Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden areas near ...
Essex Bridge. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Essex Bridge spanning the River Trent at Great Haywood, Staffordshire.
The bridge was originally called Shugborough Bridge.
Evening skirt and bodice
Bright pink and crimson taffeta evening dress, straight style, worn with a crimson satin cummerbund. The material was purchased from Jacqmar. Lady Bagot recalls that it was one of the many occasions when ...
Fairy Glen, Darlaston, near Stone
Outdoor portrait of a woman in formal dress sitting on a stile and holding flowers. The location is referred to as Fairy Glen and the woman's name is Jeannie. It appears to be one of a group of images ...
Fairy Glen, Darlaston, near Stone
Landscape taken at Fairy Glen including a country lane, a woman and a girl. The women in the picture are named Dot and Jeannie. Jeannie is Jane Leach (nee Merriman) who died 2 September 1940.
It appears ...
Filter press, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior showing two slip house workers using a filter press in the preparation of clay. The workers are disassembling the press to remove the clay. Taken at Minton's factory in Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken ...
Finished Warehouse, Grimwades, Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior with a view of a warehouse.
The women in the picture are checking ware for quality and wrapping it in preparation for leaving the factory.
The woman on the left is checking ...
Fireclay Workers.
Group portrait of pottery workers known as fireclay workers.
Fireclay is the material used to make heavy sanitaryware items like fireclay baths, sinks (the Belfast sort), items for hospitals and mortuaries ...
Fireman Stoking Calcining Kiln.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a fireman stoking a calcining kiln.
Calcining is the process of heating bone or flint to soften it for grinding down into a powder.
Bone and flint powder ...