Brushing.
Pottery factory interior showing a woman brushing bone china tea cups on a machine.
Brushing the ware ensured the ware was free from dust or grit prior to glazing.
Taken at the Shelley pottery factory, ...
Building the clammins, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a loaded kiln stacked with saggars prior to firing. The man is ‘building the clammins’, a temporary seal in the wall of the oven with an access point through which ...
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport
The casting shop at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Workers are filling plaster of paris moulds with liquid slip.
Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central Pottery in Burslem ...
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport
The decorating room at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Paintresses are hand decorating dishes.
Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central Pottery in Burslem was taken over ...
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport
Dipping at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Tea cups and dishes are being dipped in vats of glaze.
Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central Pottery in Burslem was taken ...
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport
The General Office at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent.
Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central Pottery in Burslem was taken over in 1862 by William Leigh and Frederick ...
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport
The flat shop at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. In the foreground a worker is using a jigger to form the outside shape of a plate.
Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central ...
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport
The transferring shop at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. On the right, men are producing paper transfers. Pigment is applied to a copper plate and the design is transferred onto ...
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport
Enamelling at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Enamellers are applying on-glaze enamel paint before a further firing. Enamelling is the process of painting on an underglaze pattern ...
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport
The modelling shop at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent.
Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central Pottery in Burslem was taken over in 1862 by William Leigh and Frederick ...
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport
Aerographing at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Applying glaze by pneumatic spray gun in booths. Aerography was the mechanical spraying of glaze onto pots. It was a useful technique ...
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport
The slip house at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. On the left is the pug mill used to mix clay in order to remove air bubbles and give it uniform consistency. It was then cut into ...
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport
The Manager’s Office at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent.
Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's Central Pottery in Burslem was taken over in 1862 by William Leigh and Frederick ...
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport
Placing at Burgess & Leigh's pottery, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. Loading saggars in the bottle kiln. Saggars are placed in ‘bungs’ about 16 feet high in concentric circles. The ladders are known as ...
Burgess & Leigh, Port Street, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent
A crowded printing room at Burgess & Leigh in the mid 1930’s. Much of the printing was still done by hand. Notice the roller machine in the centre of the picture. This would be used for making patterned ...
Burnishing in a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior with a view of a woman in the process of burnishing a plate.
Burnishing
Burnishing was the process whereby fired gold applications were rubbed to produce a lustrous finish.
Silver ...
Burnishing ware, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior with a view of female workers in the process of burnishing ware. They are positioned facing the window as they needed good light to do the job. Taken at Minton's factory, London ...
Canteen building, Lotus Ltd, Stafford
New canteen building at Lotus Ltd's factory, opened in 1968.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their ...