Description:Lantern slide showing pottery workers operating a tile making press.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing approximately sixty reader cards was found in the same box as the slides. The cards contain information about the images. The card that appears to correspond to this slide reads;
"Tile Making. Clay powder is used, as tiles made with moist clay tend to twist in drying. By cutting a die, filling it with clay powder, and bringing down the weight of a heavy press, the powder is compressed and a dry tile obtained ready for firing. Note forced draught piping to carry of flying dust."