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.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection.
This ...
Fettling Tools. Fettling Knife.
Fettler's knife with a wooden handle and metal blade.
The bottom of the blade is bound with string. This is possibly to prevent breaking or to make it more comfortable to grip.
Used to scrape clay ...
Fettling Tools. Knitting Needle.
Knitting needle made of plastic coated metal.
It was possibly used as a fettling tool to smooth out any surface blemishes on the clay before drying and firing.
Roughly 18cm in length.
Taken ...
Fettling Tools. Lollipop.
Fettler's lollipop made of foam with a wooden handle.
A fettling/sponging tool used to rub clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface before firing.
The tool is roughly 17cm in length.
Taken ...
Fettling Tools. Natural Sponge.
Potter's fettling sponge.
Used when moistened after fettling, to smooth out any surface blemishes on the clay before drying and firing.
Fettling is the process of removing marks from the ware prior ...
Fettling Tools. U Section Blade.
Fettling tool with a U section blade and a wooden handle. In this example there is another blade fitted within the U blade.
Used to scrape clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface prior ...
Fettling Tools. U Section Blade.
Fettling tool with a metal U section blade and a wooden handle.
Used to scrape clay seams or rough edges to create a smoother surface prior to firing.
Roughly 10cm in length.
Taken from the ...
Figure
Figure, 'to Katharine and John October 1933 from MF.'
Fitzherbert Arms Hotel, Swynnerton
Despite the caption of this postcard this public house has always been known as the Fitzherbert Arms, and not the Swynnerton Arms. the landlord at the time of this photograph was probably John Gosling. ...
Flat-Presser Making Dishes.
Pottery factory interior showing a flat-presser making dishes.
A young mould runner waits on the presser, supplying him with moulds.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This ...
Fleshing sheepskins, Chapman's Sheepskin Works, Tutbury
Working at the beam, using a fleshing knife to remove excess flesh from the skin before tanning and curing, an unpleasant job. E.B. & W.R. Chapman's Sheepskin Works, at the Old Mill, Tutbury.
The ...
Float made by Richardson's Coachbuilders, Uttoxeter
This is the last float made by Richardson & Son coachbuilders of Park Street, The Wharf, Uttoxeter.
The business was started by George Richardson, a wheelwright in Bradley Street, when he opened coachbuilding ...
Florence Camm, stained glass studio, Smethwick
Born in Smethwick in 1874, Florence Camm was a talented artist, stained glass designer and decorative metalworker. She studied at Birmingham School of Art between 1892 and 1910, and exhibited regularly ...
Flower Maker's Tea Strainer.
Flower maker's tea strainer.
Used in 'open work' to make the centre of ceramic flowers.
A pad of clay would be pressed onto the mesh, creating an imprint similar to that of a flower centre.
This ...
Flower Maker's Tray.
Ceramic flower-making tray.
This highly fired biscuit bone china plate was probably used to hold hand-made china flowers whilst drying.
Alternatively, it could have been used for making a posy containing ...
Foot Profile.
Foot profile made from earthenware.
This pottery-making tool was used to create a foot on ware as it was turned.
It is roughly 10cm in length.
It has the number 8 inscribed on its handle and ...
Foot Profile.
Foot profile made from glazed earthenware.
This pottery-making tool was used to create a foot-foot profile.
It is roughly 9cm in length.
The upper surface has the words servant's soap inscribed ...
Foot Profile.
Foot profile made from earthenware.
This pottery-making tool was used by a dishmaker to create foot-foot profiles on ware.
Roughly 10cm in length.
It has the words soap drainer inscribed on its ...