Anderton Canal Carriers Wharf, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph shows two important sites on the Trent & Mersey Canal in Middleport. In the centre is the Anderton Canal Company's warehouse and boat repair yard and beyond Burgess & Leigh's Middleport ...
Bowl
Bowl, 'Burleigh' ware, by Burgess & Leigh, Burslem. 'Burleigh' has been the company's trademark since the 1930s and combines the two names, Burgess and Leigh.
Established in 1851, Hulme and Booth's ...
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
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 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
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
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 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
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, 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 ...
Hill Top Pottery. Burslem
The Hill Top Pottery (or Hill Pottery) was on Westport road (formerly Liverpool Road), Burslem, almost opposite the Hill Works of Wade Heath. Hill Top Pottery was at the top of the hill (called The Sytch) ...
Jug
'Kingfisher' jug, 'Burleigh' ware, by Burgess & Leigh, Burslem. 'Burleigh' has been the company's trademark since the 1930s and combines the two names, Burgess and Leigh.
Established in 1851, Hulme ...
Pot
By Ernest Bailey at Burgess and Leigh.