Bank Street, Tunstall
Looking north east along Bank Street from close to the corner with Hawes Street (formerly Upper Mount Street). In the far distance is the waste tip of Whitfield Colliery. Towards the bottom of the street, ...
Barker Brothers Ltd, Meir Works, Longton.
Barker Brothers (Ltd.), china and earthenware manufacturers, moved to the Meir Works on Barker Street in 1880-1882. The factory closed in 1981.
Bath Street, Stoke upon Trent
From Spark Terrace corner Bath Street runs steeply down to London Road. The van with the Michelin Man on the roof is parked outside the original Stoke Library building. The factory building at the bottom ...
Beaker
Grete Marks 1899 - 1990.
Beaker.
1984.P.726 1937-1940
Over glaze painted earthenware
H : 75 mm.
Earthenware beaker. Decorated with a semi-matt glaze and an over glaze painted design. With moulded ...
Bedford Pottery Works, Shelton
The building in the photograph was once part of the Bedford Works of Ridgeway Potteries and this frontage is all that remains of the once extensive works. At its height the works ran down Bedford Street ...
Beswick vase
Vase designed by John Beswick.
J.W. Beswick was founded in about 1892 by James Wright Beswick and his sons John and Gilbert. From 1896 it operated from the Gold Street Works in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. ...
Billy Waters figure
Earthenware over-glaze painted figure and undecorated figure . Height of tallest figure 210mm. Billy Waters (died 1823) was a beggar with a peg leg who earned a living playing a fiddle in London's ...
Bilton's Pottery, Foden Street, Stoke-on-Trent
A view of the side of Bilton's Pottery in Foden Street, Boothen, Stoke-on-Trent. The photographer (Bert Bentley) captioned the photo "Potters at lunch break". Are there cricketers in their whites? The ...
Biscuit barrel
Biscuit barrel by Staffordshire Potteries. Staffordshire Potteries were formed in 1950 out of the Keele Street Pottery Group. They made mugs, kitchen and dinner ware at their factory on the former Meir ...
'Bizarre' bowl
Clarice Cliff 1889-1972.
Bowl. 1978.P.39. 1928-1930. Over glaze painted earthenware. D : 210 mm, H : 94mm.
Earthenware bowl. Decorated with over glaze painted geometric pattern. This was one of ...
Bleak Hill Works, Cobridge
Bleak Hill works was at the bottom of Orgreave Street (previously named Bleak Street), off Waterloo Road. Warburton Street ran from left to right across the front of the works. Behind the works is the ...
Bleak Hill Works, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent
This is a view of the side of Bleak Hill Works in Cobridge, taken from Moore Street. On the right hand edge is the spoil tip of Sneyd Colliery and the winding gear can just be seen peeping above the roofline ...
Block mould and jelly mould
White salt-glazed stoneware. Height of block mould 50mm These moulds are hexagonal in shape, with radiating fluting. The block mould was made by Ralph Wood I in 1763. The jelly mould was made by John ...
Block mould and teapot
White salt-glazed stoneware. Height of mould 105mm. This block mould and teapot are heart-shaped with relief decoration of vine leaves and grapes.
Blue John Pottery, hanley
The Blue John Pottery was in Union Street in Hanley. Established around 1886, the company produced a variety of beakers, jugs, dishes ,teapots, vases etc. The works has been demolished and Union Street ...
Blue painted wares
Earthenware painted chamber pot, teapots, plates and cup. Height of chamber pot 145 cm The chamber pot, teapots, plate and cup were excavated at Burslem Market Place in 1998.
Blyth Pottery, Longton
This is the rear of Blyth Pottery on Sandgate Street (previously Gate Street) in Longton. The front of the works, operated by John Tams & Sons Ltd., was on Uttoxeter Road. These works produced earthenware. ...
Bob Simpson at Royal Doulton, Burslem
Australian cricket captain Bob Simpson pictured on a visit to the Royal Doulton Showroom at Nile Street, Burslem.
Robert Baddeley Simpson was born in 1936 in New South Wales, Australia. He played ...