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Putting the Potteries back in the frame 

Date 2004

Oil on canvas panel     

Size 16” x 12”        406 x 305



 


“A Thrower”


List of pottery workers job titles:-
Clay carriers, Mill man, Pugman, Slip makers, Jiggerers, Jolleyers, Throwers, Turners, Pressers, One legged dancers, Cod placers, Mould makers, Mouldrunners Casters, Fettlers, Spongers, Cup makers, Cup handlers, Towers, Board carrier, Dippers, Gilders, Artists, Lithographers, Printers, Hand paintress, Saggar makers, Saggar maker’s bottom knocker, Groundlayers,  Placers, Thimble pickers, Fireman, Drawers, Bedders,  Packers,

                                                         The Potter

Date 2005

Acrylic & hessian

Collage 0n canvas panel 

Size 24” x 18”      610 x 457



 


       “A Thrower”



     The Saggar Maker

Date 2005

Acrylic & hessian

Collage on canvas panel 

Size 30” x 16”  762 x 406

Saggars were made in various shapes and sizes to the correct specifications required, this was a very heavy and skilled job undertaken by the saggar maker himself, the name “Saggar maker’s bottom knocker” was the term used for making the base of the saggar, which was knocked into shape using a large type of mallet usually carried out by a less skilled worker.

The ware was placed into the saggars which were used to hold and protect pottery; during kiln firing as many as 2000 saggars at a time were stacked on top of each other in the bottleneck ovens.

 


"Men of the Clay" Paintings by Robert Lewis Booth  16"x 12"  406 x 305  dated 2010

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                           Saggar Maker

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Saggar maker's bottom knocker   with his wooden mallet or "Mawl"

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Saggar Maker  with his apprentice   Bottom Knocker

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                           Stoke-on-Trent:  Industries of Yester-year