Engraving Tools. Punch.
Engraving tool used to punch design details onto copper plates.
The copper plates would then be inked and used to produce design outlines and ceramic transfers.
Roughly 11cm in length.
Taken ...
Engraving Tools. Scraper.
Engraver's scraper.
A wooden-handled tool with a flat steel blade. The maker's mark, VAUTIER, is impressed on the blade. Roughly 17cm in length.
Used in the engraving process to scrape away the ...
Engraving Tools. Scriber.
Engraver's scriber.
It is a long steele pen-shaped tool with one needle end and one split fork end.
Roughly 8cm in length.
This tool was used to mark pencil sketches onto copper printing plates ...
Engraving Tools. Wedge.
Engraver's wooden wedge.
Used in the engraving process to support a copper plate and make it solid while engraving.
Roughly 14cm in length.
One of a set of tools once belonging to Mr Harry Millward, ...
Engraving Tools. Whetstone.
Engraver's whetstone.
A rectangular stone block used in the engraving process to sharpen tools.
This stone was housed in a wooden block.
The stone would be smeared with oil and the engraving ...
Engraving Tools. Wire Coil.
Wire coil. Roughly 30cm long.
Engravers would attach engraving tools to handles using tightly wrapped brass wire.
Part of a set of engraving tools once belonging to local engraver, Mr Harry S Millward ...
Engraving Tools. Wooden Block.
Engraver's wooden block for holding a whetstone.
The whetstone was used for sharpening engraving tools.
Roughly 24cm in length.
One of a set of tools once belonging to Mr Harry Millward, local ...
F.Skerrett of Newcastle-under-Lyme Watch Face
The watch (pictured) was made by ‘F. Skerrett, Newcastle-Under-Lyme.’
The Skerrett family ran a Jewellery Shop from around 1880 and later a watch shop around. The building in Red Lion Square was eventually ...
Factory shop, Lotus Ltd, Stafford
The Lotus Ltd. factory shop at Lotus's shoe factory on Sandon Road, Stafford.
Lotus was formerly Edwin Bostock's shoe factory, which was on Foregate Street, Stafford. The factory was destroyed by ...
Farley Lane, Farley
A view of houses on Farley Lane, north west of Farley Hall. On the far right is Home Farm House, built in the 18th century. Next along, with the tall gables is the Smithy built in 1780, remodelled in ...
Fettling Tool.
Hand-made fettler's tool made from a short iron strip. The strip is ground to a point at one end.
Used to scrape clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface prior to firing.
Roughly 8cm ...
Fettling Tool.
Hand-made fettling tool made from a thin strip of iron.
Used to scrape clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface prior to firing.
Roughly 18cm in length.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Fettling Toolbox
Biscuit tin containing fettling tools.
Fettling is the name given to the pottery-making process of smoothing out any surface blemishes on the clay after casting.
This set of tools belonged to a ...
Fettling Tools. Cloth.
Fettler's cloth. Roughly 14cm in length.
Used in the pottery-making process to smooth out any surface blemishes on the clay before drying and firing.
This work was known as fettling.
This beige ...
Fettling Tools. Fettling Felt.
Fettler's felt, used in the pottery-making process to smooth out any surface blemishes on the clay before drying and firing. This work was known as fettling.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum ...
Fettling Tools. Fettling Knife.
Fettler's knife with a metal blade and wooden handle.
Used to scrape clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface prior to firing.
Roughly 17cm in length.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Fettling Tools. Fettling Knife.
Potter's fettling knife.
Fettling is the process of removing marks from the ware prior to firing.
Roughly 15cm in length.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection.
This object ...
Fettling Tools. Fettling Knife.
Fettler's knife with a metal blade and wooden handle.
Used to scrape clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface prior to firing.
Roughly 14cm in length.
Taken from the Gladstone ...