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25-FEB-2006

IMG_2821 copy.jpg

Gladstone Pottery Museum, Staffordshire, England

... inside a 'bottle-neck' kiln chimney! The raw china items would be stacked inside
the containers called 'saggers'* then 2,000 of these saggers would be stacked carefully
inside the kiln and then coal-fired for a couple of days before producing the
finished article.

(* one of the first jobs young boys would do was called a 'sagger-makers bottom-knocker'!)





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Yvonne21-Mar-2008 23:20
Wonderful shots John & I love the commentary! Is that plant life living on the
nearest kiln now? v
Guest 26-Feb-2006 13:08
wonderful image
most interesting
Ray :)26-Feb-2006 12:55
I have one of those for storing my beer.
Guest 26-Feb-2006 00:17
Ah! It's one of those! I see now ;-)
Zak25-Feb-2006 20:54
"sagger-makers bottom-knocker"

Snigger! :D
Sheila25-Feb-2006 20:48
Interesting!
QUERIDO25-Feb-2006 20:27
nice shots