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Potters Collection

Background imagePotters Collection: Lucie Rie - potter

Lucie Rie - potter
Dame Lucie Rie, DBE (16 March 1902 1 April 1995), Austrian-born British studio potter. Date: 1986

Background imagePotters Collection: Poole Pottery - Shaping a pot on the potters wheel

Poole Pottery - Shaping a pot on the potters wheel
Shaping a pot on the potters wheel. Poole Pottery was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in 1999

Background imagePotters Collection: Turkey. Istanbul. Topkapi Palace. Detail of glazed pottery

Turkey. Istanbul. Topkapi Palace. Detail of glazed pottery that decorates the walls, made by potters of Iznik

Background imagePotters Collection: Potters Bar Zep Downed

Potters Bar Zep Downed
A Super-Zeppelin is brought down in flames over Potters Bar

Background imagePotters Collection: Potters Bar railway accident on 10th February 1946

Potters Bar railway accident on 10th February 1946

Background imagePotters Collection: The Original Death and Burial of Cock Robin, Potter's Museum

The Original Death and Burial of Cock Robin, Potter's Museum
The Original Death and Burial of Cock Robin. - Potter's Museum, Bramber, nr. Steyning, West Sussex. Date: circa 1920

Background imagePotters Collection: The House, that Jack built - diorama at Potter's Museum

The House, that Jack built - diorama at Potter's Museum
The House, that Jack built. - diorama at Potter's Museum, Bramber, nr. Steyning, West Sussex. Date: circa 1920

Background imagePotters Collection: Potter's Museum, Bramber, nr. Steyning, West Sussex

Potter's Museum, Bramber, nr. Steyning, West Sussex. Date: circa 1920

Background imagePotters Collection: Woman at the cleaning stage of pottery-making. Date: 1913

Woman at the cleaning stage of pottery-making. Date: 1913

Background imagePotters Collection: A man forming articles upon the potters wheel: a thrower. Date: 1913

A man forming articles upon the potters wheel: a thrower. Date: 1913

Background imagePotters Collection: Glazing ware: a dipper at work in the dipping room. Date: 1913

Glazing ware: a dipper at work in the dipping room. Date: 1913

Background imagePotters Collection: Photograph of Potters Arms, Burgess Hill, Sussex

Photograph of Potters Arms, Burgess Hill, Sussex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Background imagePotters Collection: Chinese potters making and firing porcelain cups and plates

Chinese potters making and firing porcelain cups and plates
Chinese potter making a porcelain cup on a potters wheel driven by a laborer, while another worker arranges cups on a tray 1, and a potter firing porcelain plates in an open oven 2

Background imagePotters Collection: Chinese potter throwing a porcelain cup

Chinese potter throwing a porcelain cup on a potters wheel, powered by an assistant. Another worker arranges cups on a board for the oven

Background imagePotters Collection: Potter making a clay vessel on a wheel driven

Potter making a clay vessel on a wheel driven by a labourer turning a crank. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Background imagePotters Collection: Pottey - Pressers at work 1880s

Pottey - Pressers at work 1880s
Pottery pressing. Date: 1880s

Background imagePotters Collection: Pottey -slip-house 1880s

Pottey -slip-house 1880s
Potteries putting or taking-out slip from the ground. Date: 1880s

Background imagePotters Collection: Staffordshire pottery 1884

Staffordshire pottery 1884
Flat presser, making plates. Date: 1884

Background imagePotters Collection: Duke and Duchess of York - Ashtead Potteries, Surrey

Duke and Duchess of York - Ashtead Potteries, Surrey
Duke and Duchess of York visiting the Ashtead Potteries, Surrey - founded to train disabled ex-servicemen in pottery. Date: 1928

Background imagePotters Collection: Potters throwing clay 1836

Potters throwing clay 1836
Potters in the act of throwing clay. Date: 1836

Background imagePotters Collection: TUNISIAN POTTERS CAVE

TUNISIAN POTTERS CAVE
A Tunisian potter at work in his underground cave workroom at Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa. Date: 1930s

Background imagePotters Collection: VASES MADE

VASES MADE
Vases and jugs being manufactured- one lady looks intent on smashing them Date: 1930s

Background imagePotters Collection: USING POTTERS WHEEL

USING POTTERS WHEEL
Using the potters wheel - the beginnings of a tall pot. Date: 1965

Background imagePotters Collection: CONCEPTS / LIFE

CONCEPTS / LIFE
The Egyptian ram-god Khnum is the creator of life, which he forms from clay on his potters wheel, while Thoth measures the span of the persons life

Background imagePotters Collection: RELIGION / EGYPT / KHNUM

RELIGION / EGYPT / KHNUM
The ram-god KHNUM is the creator of life, which he does on his potters wheel, while Thoth measures the span of the persons life

Background imagePotters Collection: Potter artist, Stoke on Trent

Potter artist, Stoke on Trent
A skilled potter artist sits holding a plate in a Stoke on Trent pottery workshop. He painted by hand the gold rim around each plate. Pottery believed to be Minton, but unsure Date: 1986

Background imagePotters Collection: Street Potter - London

Street Potter - London Date: circa 1900s

Background imagePotters Collection: POTTERS 1827

POTTERS 1827
Potters at work, using a manually-operated wheel. Date: 1827

Background imagePotters Collection: French Potters

French Potters
One old man and one young man turning pottery in a French factory. Date: circa 1900

Background imagePotters Collection: Potter

Potters working with the wheel Date: 1899

Background imagePotters Collection: WW1 - Zeppelin downed over Potters Bar

WW1 - Zeppelin downed over Potters Bar
WW1 - An illustration depicting the four stages of a Zeppelin raider bursting into flames, and its fall through the starry night sky over Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England

Background imagePotters Collection: Jeremiah and the potters vessels

Jeremiah and the potters vessels. Date: circa late 19th century

Background imagePotters Collection: Pottery dealers at City Wall, Jerusalem

Pottery dealers at City Wall, Jerusalem
Pottery dealers at the City Wall, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Background imagePotters Collection: Sphere cover - destruction of zeppelin, Potters Bar, Matania

Sphere cover - destruction of zeppelin, Potters Bar, Matania
Front cover of The Sphere with an illustration of the German Zeppelin destroyed over Potters Bar, Hertfordshire on 1 October 1916

Background imagePotters Collection: Potters at work, Japan

Potters at work, Japan
Potters at work in a yard, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Background imagePotters Collection: Chinese Porcelain Vase

Chinese Porcelain Vase from The Art of the Chinese Potter Date: 1925

Background imagePotters Collection: Henry W. J. Byng, Vanity Fair, STUFF

Henry W. J. Byng, Vanity Fair, STUFF
HENRY WILLIAM JOHN BYNG, 4th Earl of Strafford (1831-1899) British peer and courtier. Had the misfortune of being decapitated by a train at Potters Bar

Background imagePotters Collection: France - Sevres Porcelain Manufacture - The Kiln

France - Sevres Porcelain Manufacture - The Kiln Date: circa 1905

Background imagePotters Collection: Making Chatties, Phini, Cyprus

Making Chatties, Phini, Cyprus
Making Chatties (pottery jars / amphorae), Phini (Foini), Troodos Mountains, Cyprus Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePotters Collection: Jeremiah breaking the potters vessels

Jeremiah breaking the potters vessels
Jeremiah breaking the Potters vessels. circa 19th century

Background imagePotters Collection: Interior of a cellar. French School. 18th c

Interior of a cellar. French School. 18th c. Potters doing jars. Painting. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

Background imagePotters Collection: UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (1 / 4)

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (1 / 4)
Dippers at work, glazing the ware, Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePotters Collection: Nepal Bhaktapur

Nepal Bhaktapur
Bhaktapur (Bhadgaun) - scene in Potters Square Date: 1992

Background imagePotters Collection: UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (4 / 4)

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (4 / 4)
Flat presser making dishes at a pottery in Burslem, Staffs Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePotters Collection: Pottery Kilns - Staffordshire

Pottery Kilns - Staffordshire Date: 1910s

Background imagePotters Collection: UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (2 / 4)

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (2 / 4)
Making toilet ware at Burslem, Staffs (making the jugs for jug and basin sets). Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePotters Collection: UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (3 / 4)

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (3 / 4)
Potter at his wheel (in his 80th year!) making vases Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePotters Collection: A Pottery Factory

A Pottery Factory
Workers (and the manager or owner - at right) in a Turkish pottery and sand-casting factory



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