Description: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 to the surface of ware from the transfer. Taken at Minton's Ltd., London Road, Stoke-on-Trent.
This was highly skilled job.
The engraver's name is George Ridgway. He was the head engraver.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.