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From the 14th century Nettlebed became important for brick making, which continued until the 1930s. One remaining pottery kiln is preserved in the village. #Chilterns
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#collectable #collectable #rejected #renowned #spectrum #ceramist #describe #clarice #british #palette #pottery #bizarre #bizarre #colour #barelyClarice Cliff, the most renowned and collectable British Art Deco ceramist, active from 1922 to 1940. Given a series of rejected pieces of pottery to paint, Cliff - barely more than a girl - used the whole colour spectrum for her palette and when asked how she would describe her style, she said "Bizarre." And so Bizarre Ware, her first and most ...
Lemon Sherbet and Dolly Blue: The Story of an Accidental Family 'Prologue'
Lemon Sherbet and Dolly Blue: The Story of an Accidental Family 'Prologue' by Lynn Knight family history, life-writing, adoption memoir
Did you know? - The sky-line of Stoke-on-Trent was once dominated by 1000's of smoky bottle kilns
Bottle kilns - Burslem 1955
Sutherland Road and Railway Terrace, Longton
The 46 Remaining Bottles Of Stoke-On-Trent. Art Print. | Etsy
Subject: The 46 Remaining Bottles Of Stoke-On-Trent. The iconic status of the Bottle Kiln as a symbol of the Six Towns and all they represent to the world from this centre of global ceramic importance and mastery. This is a MASTER PRINT - OPEN EDITION - A1 SIZE PRINTED TO HEAVY COTTON 315gsm PAPER. SIZE 23.4 X 33.1 in. - UNFRAMED - Sent rolled in a sturdy tube by Royal Mail or Internationally with Parcelforce. TWITTER CONTACTS RELEVANT TO THE PROJECT: Photographer…
Former Gladstone Works, Park Place, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Last Firing '78
THE LAST TIME A BOTTLE OVEN WAS FIRED in the Potteries - 1978 The Last Bottle Oven Firing, August 1978. The oven was kindled on Tuesday 29 August, now known as Potteries Bottle Oven Day. The traditional and time-honoured skills of firing the oven were recorded. The event was organised by Gladstone Pottery Museum, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. For more details follow this link to the Last Bottle Oven Firing site> For three centuries, Staffordshire pottery has been coal fired in hundreds of bottle…
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Cherished Chimneys: Stoke-on-Trent's chimney pot collectors
FROM the outside Cherished Chimneys in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent, looks like a small shop. Step inside however, and it's an Aladdin's cave full of chimney pots of every shape and size one could...