Bottle kiln T light Black Large 22cm Pottery buyers Stoke on Trent Later coal mining and brick

Later coal mining and brick manufacture

Made by Burslem pottery in high fired stoneware

Approx height 14cm

the area around the castle had been used since the iron age to quarry mill stones for use in watermills

height  width 24cm x 24cm

Bottle kiln T light Black Large 22cm Pottery buyers Stoke on Trent Later coal mining and brickNothing depicts the potteries better than a bottle kiln, bottle kilns were typical of the landscape of Stoke on Trent, there were hundreds around Stoke on Trent. their association with Stoke on Trent reflects the fact the British ceramic industry was mainly based in the city. Its estimated approximately 50 remain as listed buildings. Height 22 cm.