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Gladstone Pottery Museum Inner courtyard of the museum. The Gladstone Pottery Museum is a working museum of a medium-sized coal-fired pottery, typical of those once common in the North Staffordshire area of England from the time of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century to the mid 20th century. It is a grade II* listed building. [1] The ...
The kilns of the Gladstone Pottery Museum, along with others in the Longton conservation area represent a significant proportion of the national stock of the structures. [8] The bottle ovens of Longton have been promoted as a tourist attraction. [9] In the 21st century, the condition of some of the bottle ovens has given cause for concern.
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His other children included the pottery designer Charlotte Rhead. Rhead's father, G.W. Rhead, worked in the pottery industry, and young Frederick was apprenticed at Mintons Ltd . He was one of a number of apprentices who in the 1870s learnt the art of pâte-sur-pâte decoration from Marc-Louis Solon , a French émigré who was the leading ...
The Gladstone Pottery Museum. A ceramics museum is a museum wholly or largely devoted to ceramics, usually ceramic art. Its collections may also include glass and enamel, but typically concentrate on pottery, including porcelain. Most national collections are in a more general museum covering all of the arts, or just the decorative arts ...
The Gladstone Arms, a public house in Southwark, England; Gladstone Pottery Museum, a working pottery museum in Stoke-on-Trent, England; Gladstone Secondary School, a public secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia; Gladstone railway line, a former railway line in South Australia; Gladstone Branch, a New Jersey Transit commuter rail line
Three years later Knight retired and Henry Wileman continued the business in his own name. In 1862 Henry Wileman employed Joseph Shelley (whose family had at one time produced pottery on the site now occupied by the Gladstone Museum) as a travelling salesman. In 1864 Henry Wileman died and his two sons James F and Charles J took over the business.
Middleport Pottery was built in 1888 by Burgess & Leigh Ltd (founders William Leigh and Frederick Rathbone Burgess). It is located at Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, England. [1] The buildings, which still house an active pottery, are protected for their historic interest. Middleport Pottery is owned and operated by Re-Form Heritage.