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"Highcroft", Rough Close. Photographed by William Blake.
Group portrait taken at Highcroft, Windmill Hill, Rough Close, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The photograph appears to be one of a group of...
"Highcroft", Rough Close. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Highcroft, Windmill Hill, Rough Close, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This is one of a number of images taken at Highcroft and was p...
"Lucania" at Stage, Liverpool. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a crowded dock at Liverpool. In the background is a steam ship called the Lucania. Built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding Com...
"Placer" Filing a Saggar. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a pottery worker known as a placer filling a saggar. This image appears elsewhere in the collection and was used for a pre...
"Scourers", Dusting off the Flint. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing pottery workers in the process of scouring. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or sli...
"Scourers", Dusting off the Flint. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing pottery workers in the process of scouring. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide...
"Scourers", Dusting off the Flint. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing pottery workers in the process of scouring. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or sli...
"Strawing" China for Packing. Photographed by William Blake.
A pottery worker "Strawing" China as part of the packing process.
A Casting Machine. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing male and female pottery workers operating a casting machine. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a p...
A China Warehouse. Photographed by William Blake.
Postcard with a scene from a china warehouse. On the reverse of the post card it is stated that the image was taken in 1875. However, this date ...
A Flat-Presser Making Dishes.
Pottery factory interior showing a flat-presser making dishes. A young mould runner waits on the presser, supplying him with moulds. Taken fr...
A Potter's Mould Maker. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a view of a mould maker at work. A photograph of a mould maker appears in a slide presentation by Blake entitled "Stafford...



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