Some manufacturing processes changed little over 258 years of production! These images show many of the techniques employed on both the china and porcelain manufacturing works. Conditions were frequently very uncomfortable and dusty but people pulled together as a team and respected each other’s contribution towards creating the end product.
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Acid dipping
1950s
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Basement tunnel kiln
circa 1920
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Basement workroom
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Board carriers
c1920s
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Bottle kiln interior
circa 1920
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Burnishing acid gold ware
c 1930s
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Burnishing acid gold ware
c1920s
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Casting department
circa 1920
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China after firing
1920s
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Clay mine in Cornwall
1900s
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Colour room
c1920
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Cornish clay mine
1900s
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Decorating department
c1900
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Dipping plates
1900s
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Electro magnets
circa 1900+