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
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 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
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
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
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
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, Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
Burgess & Leigh built the Middleport Pottery alongside the Trent & Mersey Canal in 1888-89 and it is the only complete working Victorian pottery left in Stoke-on-Trent (2o18). Traditional pottery works ...
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 ...
Burgess and Leigh Pottery, Port Street, Middleport
This plan shows the front of the Burgess and Leigh Pottery factory in Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. It was built before 1922 and the gates of the building have 'Middleport Pottery' written above them. The ...
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 ...
Burslem Canal Arm
The end of the Burslem Arm of the Trent and Mersey Canal, with china stone on the wharf. This branch was opened in 1805 and became derelict in 1961. In the background are the bottle kilns of Wood's Trent ...
Burslem Canal Arm
A view taken near to the end of the Burslem arm of the Trent and Mersey Canal, with china stone on the wharf. This branch was opened in 1805 and became derelict in 1961. In the background are the bottle ...
Burslem from St Paul's Churchyard
The camera is looking eastwards from St Paul's Churchyard towards the centre of Burslem. Hall Street runs away from the centre of the picture towards the tower of St Joseph's Catholic Church. The cluster ...