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 "The Devil In The Potteries." Photography and Design by William Blake.
Industrial landscape taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This design, with its damning caption, is one of many tha...
 Anti-Slavery petition to be organised in Stoke-on-Trent - A notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Once Britain had outlawed the slave trade in 1804-5, a new organisation known as the African Institution tried to maintain the momentum of the anti...
 Cow Creamer
With the fashion for taking tea, coffee and chocolate in the mid 18th century came the need for equipment for preparing and serving it. One of ...
 England Football Cap
An England international football cap awarded to Stanley Matthews for representing England in a match against the Republic of Ireland on 8 May 1957...
 Gas Mask
A gas mask dating from World War Two. Forty million masks were distributed to the civilian population of Britain in 1939, amidst fears that gas ...
 Knotty Rail Motor
Early attempts at motorising the railways met with varying degrees of success. Built by Beyer & Peacock, the Knotty Rail Motor combined a locomo...
 Mark XVI Spitfire at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
exhibition Photograph of the Spitfire, which has been on permanent display at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery since 1986. Designed by local engineer R...
 Minton Peacock
exhibition Figure of a peacock, earthenware, majolica, modelled and signed by Paul Comolera in 1873. The bird is perched on a tall, rocky plinth around whi...
 Owl Jug
This famous owl jug was made in Staffordshire during the late 17th or early 18th century. The decoration was produced using slip or liquid clay...
 Sir Stanley Matthews: The Footballer of the Year
The Footballer of the Year award, presented to Stanley Matthews by the Football Writers' Association on 24 May 1963. About Sir Stan
 Supermarine Spitfire
This Mark XVI Supermarine Spitfire is housed in a specially-refurbished gallery at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent, where it i...
 Wharf Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
exhibition Street scene taken at Wharf Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This is possibly the best known image from the coll...



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