Royal Albert Pottery, Parsonage Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, 1965-1968. Creator: Eileen Deste.

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Royal Albert Pottery, Parsonage Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, 1965-1968. A man carrying a saggar on his head through the wicket door of a kiln at the works, part of Alfred Meakin's Royal Albert & Victoria Potteries. A saggar protects pottery from damage during firing in a bottle oven. The bricks used to seal up the doorway during firing are stacked on either side of the entrance.

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Size: 4766px × 4791px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Stoke-on-Trent,Stoke-on-Trent
Photo credit: © Historic England Archive/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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