Date:1960 - 1961 (c.)
Description:Pottery factory interior with a view of a potter's printer at work. He is printing transfers using a 'press print' and an engraved copper plate. Ink from the engraving is pressed onto very thin tissue paper using the press. The pattern would then be applied to the ware from the transfer. The pattern in this case appears to be a Blue Italian design. This had been a very popular pattern for many years. Using this method to decorate ware meant that perfection of detail could be achieved consistently. The printer's skill lay in producing a transfer without blurs by carefully teasing the very thin paper off the inked copper plate. Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection. This photograph is part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.
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Creators: 9 Southampton Place, London, WC1 - Creator
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Source: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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