Manufacture Collection (page 4)

Making dinner plates, The Potteries, Staffordshire, England. Engraving, London, c1851
2602931 Making dinner plates, The Potteries, Staffordshire, England. Engraving, London, c1851.; (add.info.: Making dinner plates, The Potteries, Staffordshire, England)

Stamping machine for crushing flint for use in pottery, The Potteries, Staffordshire, England. Engraving, London, 1860
2602922 Stamping machine for crushing flint for use in pottery, The Potteries, Staffordshire, England. Engraving, London, 1860.; (add.info.: Stamping machine for crushing flint for use in pottery)

Stages in the throwing of a stoneware bottle. Engraving, London, 1866
2603006 Stages in the throwing of a stoneware bottle. Engraving, London, 1866.; (add.info.: Stages in the throwing of a stoneware bottle. Engraving, London, 1866.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Taking 'saggars' containing items to be fired into the biscuit kiln: Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, England
2602984 Taking 'saggars' containing items to be fired into the biscuit kiln: Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, England

New England cotton mill
2602545 New England cotton mill; (add.info.: New England cotton mill, USA. Woodcut, Chicago, 1872.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Cross-section of the roller-gin
2602540 Cross-section of the roller-gin; (add.info.: Cross-section of the roller-gin to remove seed knots and dirt from raw cotton. Woodcut, London, 1849.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Woman working in an elastic mill
2602733 Woman working in an elastic mill; (add.info.: Woman working in an elastic mill, Leicester, England. Winding silk onto bobbins in a warping frame prior to using it to cover rubber strand)

Finishers making small hand repairs
2602667 Finishers making small hand repairs; (add.info.: Finishers making small hand repairs to machine-made lace curtains before dispatch - Birkin's lace factory, Kimberley, near Nottingham)

A cottager making pillow lace
2602665 A cottager making pillow lace; (add.info.: A cottager sitting by her front door making pillow lace, Buckinghamshire, one of the main counties for making lace in England)

Cottager making pillow lace
2602664 Cottager making pillow lace; (add.info.: Cottager making pillow lace. Engraving, Ongar, 1823.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Hydraulic press for printing bandanas
2602634 Hydraulic press for printing bandanas; (add.info.: Hydraulic press for printing Bandanas (handkerchief squares) Montieth's Dye works, Glasgow, Scotland

Preparation of items for firing in the biscuit oven. On the floor are 'saggars' in which pots were packed
2602979 Preparation of items for firing in the biscuit oven. On the floor are 'saggars' in which pots were packed before being placed in the kiln

Potter assisted by a man and a boy turning the wheel, throwing a very large pot. Engraving, Paris, c1870
2602977 Potter assisted by a man and a boy turning the wheel, throwing a very large pot. Engraving, Paris, c1870.; (add.info.: Potter assisted by a man and a boy turning the wheel)

Kneading clays for Sevres porcelain. Engraving, Paris, c1870
2602953 Kneading clays for Sevres porcelain. Engraving, Paris, c1870.; (add.info.: Kneading clays for Sevres porcelain. Engraving, Paris, c1870.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Turning a piece of pottery that has already been shaped on the potter's wheel
2602945 Turning a piece of pottery that has already been shaped on the potter's wheel: Minton & Company's factory Stoke-on-Trent (The Potteries), Staffordshire, England

Girl cutting out and applying transfers to decorate table wares: Minton & Company's factory Stoke-on-Trent
2602944 Girl cutting out and applying transfers to decorate table wares: Minton & Company's factory Stoke-on-Trent (The Potteries), Staffordshire, England

Royal Worcester Porcelain Works, Worcester, England. Engraving, London, 1880
2602927 Royal Worcester Porcelain Works, Worcester, England. Engraving, London, 1880.; (add.info.: Royal Worcester Porcelain Works, Worcester, England)

Making nails in the Black Country
2602563 Making nails in the Black Country; (add.info.: Making nails in the Dudley area of the Black Country of England. Three generations at work, grandmother, daughter and husband)

Bales of cotton at the Mumbai railhead
2602554 Bales of cotton at the Mumbai railhead; (add.info.: Bales of cotton at the Mumbai (Bombay) railhead for export to Britain for the Lancashire cotton mills to supplement shortages caused by

Cotton spinning machinery, 1880 (engraving)
2602546 Cotton spinning machinery, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Cotton spinning machinery, Plan and elevation view of Scutching and Drawing machines)

Simple roller gin used in India and China
2602544 Simple roller gin used in India and China; (add.info.: Simple roller gin used in India and China for removing seeds from cotton bolls. Woodcut, London, 1845.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Bowing cotton in China
2602539 Bowing cotton in China; (add.info.: Bowing cotton in China to remove seeds, dirt and knots and to make it soft and downy. Lithograph, London, c1850.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Advertisement for Irish linens
2602686 Advertisement for Irish linens; (add.info.: Advertisement for Irish linens available by mail order from Anderson & McCauley, Belfast, published London, 11900.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Advertisement for dress fabrics
2602673 Advertisement for dress fabrics; (add.info.: Advertisement for dress fabrics available by mail order from Lewis's of Manchester, England, published London)

Linen manufacture
2602654 Linen manufacture; (add.info.: Linen manufacture, Flax spinning and preparing frame by P. Borrie of Dundee, Scotland. Engraving, Glasgow, 1888.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Calico printing with a cylinder machine
2602646 Calico printing with a cylinder machine; (add.info.: Calico printing with a cylinder machine, A separate cylinder was used for each colour)

Making the stem of a glass goblet. From Diderot ''Encyclopedie'' c1751
865633 Making the stem of a glass goblet. From Diderot ''Encyclopedie'' c1751.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Hanging up sheets of handmade paper to dry. Engraving c1870
866044 Hanging up sheets of handmade paper to dry. Engraving c1870; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Woollen rags in grinding machine called Devil, 1880 (engraving)
863956 Woollen rags in grinding machine called Devil, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Placing sorted woollen rags in a grinding machine called a Devil)

Opening of the International Exhibition of 1862 in the Crystal Palace by Queen Victoria's cousin, George
530258 Opening of the International Exhibition of 1862 in the Crystal Palace by Queen Victoria's cousin, George, Duke of Cambridge

Woman sorting tobacco leaf for cigar making, 1892
1574652 Woman sorting tobacco leaf for cigar making, 1892; (add.info.: Women sorting tobacco leaf for cigar making: Cope Brothers cigarette and tobacco factory, Liverpool, England)

Women Spinning Tobacco, 1892
1574650 Women Spinning Tobacco, 1892; (add.info.: Women spinning tobacco for pipe smoking: Cope Brothers cigarette and tobacco factory, Liverpool, England)

Making 'Cavendish', a tobacco for chewing, 1892
1574647 Making 'Cavendish', a tobacco for chewing, 1892; (add.info.: Making 'Cavendish', a tobacco for chewing: Cope Brothers cigarette and tobacco factory, Liverpool, England)

Cigarette making-machine, 1892
1574643 Cigarette making-machine, 1892; (add.info.: Cigarette making-machine used by the Levant Cigarette Factory, St Mary Axe, London)

Francis W. Breed Manufacturers, 1885
1574285 Francis W. Breed Manufacturers, 1885; (add.info.: Print shows the exterior of Francis W. Breed factories. The factories would manufacture up to 7,000 pairs of shoes daily)

Cylindrical traversing rake
5616625 Cylindrical traversing rake; (add.info.: Cylindrical traversing rake, for stirring tobacco, malt, corn, hops, etc. by R.W. Barchard of Croydon. London, 1818)

An engraving depicting an English rotating furnace for the manufacture of sodium carbonate by the Leblanc process
5311606 An engraving depicting an English rotating furnace for the manufacture of sodium carbonate by the Leblanc process, named after its inventor, Nicolas Leblanc

Illustration depicting home-workers working at home for pittance, 1843 (engraving)
5616353 Illustration depicting home-workers working at home for pittance, 1843 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A 19th century Rolling room, from The Strand Magazine, Vol I January to June, 1891
3432528 A 19th century Rolling room, from The Strand Magazine, Vol I January to June, 1891; Private Collection; (add.info.: A 19th century Rolling room)

Sectional view of a furnace for firing clay pipes. Engraving, Paris, c1870
2603003 Sectional view of a furnace for firing clay pipes. Engraving, Paris, c1870.; (add.info.: Sectional view of a furnace for firing clay pipes)

Cross section of a pottery kiln during the firing. Engraving, Paris, c1870
2602983 Cross section of a pottery kiln during the firing. Engraving, Paris, c1870.; (add.info.: Cross section of a pottery kiln during the firing)

Advertisement for Hamilton's Irish Homespun woollens
2602688 Advertisement for Hamilton's Irish Homespun woollens; (add.info.: Advertisement for Hamilton's Irish Homespun woollens, published London, 1900.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Women making pillow lace
2602666 Women making pillow lace; (add.info.: Women making pillow lace. Engraving, London, 1825.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Harrison & Son's power loom
2602652 Harrison & Son's power loom; (add.info.: Harrison & Son's power loom for weaving flax (linen). Engraving, London, 1862.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Apparatus for moulding large pieces of Sevres using a pump to create a vacuum. Engraving, Paris, c1870
2602951 Apparatus for moulding large pieces of Sevres using a pump to create a vacuum. Engraving, Paris, c1870.; (add.info)

Sevres porcelain: mixing clays and water in iron drums. Engraving, Paris, c1870
2602950 Sevres porcelain: mixing clays and water in iron drums. Engraving, Paris, c1870.; (add.info.: Sevres porcelain, mixing clays and water in iron drums)

Barge passing through Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, on the Trent and Mersey (Grand Trunk) Canal
2602948 Barge passing through Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, on the Trent and Mersey (Grand Trunk) Canal. Barges brought in raw materials and took away finished wares from The Potteries

Dipping a dish in glaze - Minton & Company's factory Stoke-on-Trent (The Potteries), Staffordshire, England
2602946 Dipping a dish in glaze - Minton & Company's factory Stoke-on-Trent (The Potteries), Staffordshire, England. Engraving, London

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