Saggar House. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior of the saggar house with two men at work emptying ware out of the saggar after firing. The white dust is either alumina or silica sand which was used as a bedding material for the clay ...
Saggar Makers. Circa 1930
A saggar maker and his apprentice at work in a tile factory in the Potteries. The apprentice would be known as a 'saggar makers bottom knocker'. The saggars were made of marl, which was hard wearing and ...
Saggar Makers. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with saggar makers at work. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Saggar making at a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior showing two men and a boy saggar making. Saggars are containers made from fireclay which protected pottery in the kiln from the intense heat and smoke during bottle oven firing. ...
Saggar making, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a saggar maker finishing a saggar.
Taken at Sutherland China, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Saggars are containers made from fireclay which protected pottery ...
Saggar Making.
Pottery factory interior showing a saggar maker and a saggar maker's bottom knocker at work.
Saggars are containers made from fireclay which protected pottery in the kiln from the intense heat and ...
Saggar Making.
Pottery factory interior showing workers in the process of saggar making.
The man on the left is making bases and was known as a saggar maker's bottom knocker.
The man on the right is joining sides ...
Saggars and Mugs. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with saggars and mugs ready for placing. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Saggars and Mugs. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with saggars and mugs ready for placing. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Salt Works
Salt was traditionally made by filling large vats with brine from local springs in Stafford, evaporating this and – after evaporation – taking out the salt. To meet the needs of industry for large quantities ...
Salt Works Interior, Stafford
Brine deposits were discovered under Stafford Common in 1877, during a search for water supplies for the town. In 1893 the Stafford Salt and Alkali Co. was founded on Common Road.
The company opened ...
Salt Works Interior, Stafford
Packing salt.
Brine deposits were discovered under Stafford Common in 1877, during a search for water supplies for the town. In 1893 the Stafford Salt and Alkali Co. was founded on Common Road.
The ...
Salt Works Interior, Stafford
Skimming the salt pan.
Brine deposits were discovered under Stafford Common in 1877, during a search for water supplies for the town. In 1893 the Stafford Salt and Alkali Co. was founded on Common ...
Salt Works Interior, Stafford
Shaping lumps of salt.
Brine deposits were discovered under Stafford Common in 1877, during a search for water supplies for the town. In 1893 the Stafford Salt and Alkali Co. was founded on Common ...
Salt Works Interior, Stafford
Brine deposits were discovered under Stafford Common in 1877, during a search for water supplies for the town. In 1893 the Stafford Salt and Alkali Co. was founded on Common Road.
The company opened ...
Salt Works Interior, Stafford,
The hothouse, where blocks of salt were left to drain and dry.
Brine deposits were discovered under Stafford Common in 1877, during a search for water supplies for the town. In 1893 the Stafford Salt ...
Sand mixer at Bamford's foundry, Uttoxeter
Bamfords was founded in 1871 in Uttoxeter by Henry Bamford and made water pumps, taps and agricultural machinery. Joseph Cyril Bamford split off from the Bamford company in 1945 to set up what has become ...
Saucer Makers.
Pottery factory interior showing workers in a saucer making workshop.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent ...