Workers in Bo'ness Pottery

Maker
Unknown
Production date
Circa 1920
 Description
View of workers and machinery inside the pottery. Male and female workers look to the camera. A wheel with shallow teeth on the outer rim and a handle is attached to a large machine on the right.
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Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
Circa 1920
Subject person
Subject place
Bo'ness Pottery/Dock St/Bo'ness town centre/Bo'ness area
Subject notes
Watson McNay left Bo'ness pottery to establish Bridgeness Pottery in 1886. He brought four workers with him. Clay was brought from south-west England and coal from the local Grange colliery. When Bo'ness Pottery closed in 1899, Bridgeness acquired much of its trade.

Bridgeness Pottery produced tableware and a wide selection of transfer designs and embossed plain whiteware. Whiteware was produced for the armed forces and Woolworth's. It also produced cottage ornaments such as cats, wally dugs and parrots. Bridgeness Pottery closed in the 1950s.
Accession number
P22359

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