Date:1960
Description:This ceremony was known as 'trussing the cooper'. The newly qualified cooper was placed in a barrel, which he had made himself. The barrel was then filled with a mixture which contained soot, feathers, shavings, beer and treacle. The barrel was rolled around the workshop before the cooper was taken out and tossed in the air three times. He was then presented with his indentures. Inside the barrel is apprentice, Gerald Frost. Standing to the right is Frank Herriman, the last cooper to be employed by Wedgwood when he retired at Christmas 1974. At the Wedgwood factory pottery and china was packed into straw-filled barrels for transportation.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
Model of the new Wedgwood factory and estate at Barlaston. Josiah Wedgwood (1730 ...
Josiah Wedgwood (1730 - 1795) began his apprenticeship as a potter in 1744. He ...
Frank Herriman was the last cooper to be employed by Wedgwood. He retired at Christmas ...
Applying designs to plates at Wedgwood by the use of a multi-bump machine. Josiah ...
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Donor ref:P95.017.0002 (18/3431)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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