Description:Thrower's rib made from fired earthenware.
Marked with initials "W H".
A hand held tool used for smoothing
the outside shape of a pot while it is being thrown.
The thumb hole aids use.
Ribs are usually made from pottery, metal or slate by the thrower for his own use.
They are believed to be called ribs because they were originally made from animal's ribs.
Roughly 12cm in length.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection.
This object is now part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.