Smoothing Tool.
Kidney-shaped smoothing tool for pottery making.
This example is made of rubber.
Roughly 11cm in length.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection.
This object is now part ...
Smoothing Tool.
Hand-made pottery-making tool for smoothing pressed articles.
The tool is made from ceramic material and was used to make dishes.
Roughly 15cm in length.
Engraved on the tool is the maker's name, ...
Smoothing Tool.
Hand-made pottery-making tool for smoothing pressed articles.
The tool is made from blue ceramic material and was used to smooth dishes.
It is roughly 9cm in length.
Engraved on the tool is the ...
Smoothing Tool.
Hand-made pottery-making tool for smoothing pressed articles.
It was used to smooth dish bases.
The tool is flat with a slightly raised handle and was made from part of a plate.
It is around ...
Smoothing Tool.
Pottery-making tool for smoothing or levelling pressed articles.
Roughly 12cm in length.
The owner/maker's name and the date he made the tool are inscribed on the piece.
The inscription contains ...
Smoothing Tool.
Mass produced tortoise shell smoothing tool. Used for smoothing pressed articles.
Roughly 14cm in length.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection.
This object is now part of ...
Smoothing Tool.
Pottery-making tool for smoothing or levelling pressed articles.
The owner/maker's name and the date he made the tool are inscribed on the piece.
His name was T. Turner and he made the tool on ...
Sorting Tool.
Hand-made iron sorting tool used to 'sound' pottery to test for cracks or flaws.
A perfect item of pottery will make a ringing sound, while a cracked or damaged item sounds dull.
The process is ...
Sorting Tool.
Hand-made iron sorting tool used to 'sound' pottery to test for cracks or flaws.
A perfect item of pottery will make a ringing sound, while a cracked or damaged item sounds dull.
The process is ...
Spode Factory, Stoke-on-Trent
These are scenes taken at the Spode factory in Stoke-on-Trent around 1932. It’s typical of many items in the Film Archive showing the pottery industry. Films began to be made at this time to promote the ...
Spring Valley, Trentham
Spring Valley, on the Trentham Estate, separates Jervis Wood form King's Wood. With Jervis Wood to its south, King's Wood provides the primary background to Trentham lake in the view from the Hall and ...
St George's Day Parade, High Street, Burton-upon-Trent
Cubs and Scouts in the St. George's Day Parade passing along High Street, Burton-upon-Trent. This Image is from a collection of photographs of Burton upon Trent commissioned and assembled by Burton upon ...
St. Edward's Church, Castle Donington, Leicestershire
This view shows the east end of the church as repairs to the spire near completion. On close inspection you can see five workers standing on the scaffolded platforms around the top of the spire.
St. Gregory's, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Church exterior taken at St. Gregory's, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
St. John's Market, Stafford
Market traders' stalls and customers inside St. John's Market. The Market buildings were demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the construction of the Guildhall Shopping Centre.
St. Mary's Church, Swynnerton
The parish church of St. Mary’s has Norman features, notably a very fine west doorway. The chancel and nave are Early English. The church is also notable for a statue of a seated Christ, some seven feet ...
St. Peter's Square, Yoxall
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Staff at Richardson & Son Coachbuilders, Uttoxeter
A group of workers at Richardson & Son Coachbuilders, Wharf Carriage Works, Uttoxeter. Many of the men are holding tools of their trade, including tools for wheelwrighting, leatherworking, blacksmithing ...