Workers at Bo'ness Pottery

Maker
Unknown
Production date
Circa 1910
 Description
View of two male workers standing inside the pottery. They are wearing bunnets, and one is wearing an apron. They are working on a piece of machinery comprising a number of pipes. There is a heavy wooden structure to the right and a wooden channel is running along the floor.
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Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
Circa 1910
Subject person
Subject place
Bo'ness Pottery/Dock St/Bo'ness town centre/Bo'ness area
Subject notes
A pottery at Bridgeness was producing red and brown wares with a lead glaze in 1766. By 1795 Bo'ness Pottery employed nearly 40 men, boys and girls. Clay was imported from south-west England and coal was sourced locally from Grange colliery.

Bo'ness Pottery employed 107 in1851 and 149 in 1861. Export markets were established in Canada, India and Australia. Frequently in financial difficulties, Bo'ness Pottery went bankrupt in 1898, but Bridgeness Pottery continued to the 1950s.
Accession number
P22360

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