Saggar Makers - Market Place, Burslem, Staffordshire, UK
N 53° 02.729 W 002° 11.879
30U E 553766 N 5877630
This is a good example of a lcation-specific industry related pub name.
Waymark Code: WMDH4D
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/15/2012
Views: 3
This area is littered with redundant pot kilns (in fact opposite this pub is a statue of Henry Doulton). Pot kilns were used during the industrial revolution and later to achieve the high temperatures required for the firing of ceramics.
The ceramic would be placed in a protective fireclay container called a saggar. A saggar maker was employed to make the protective container. It is however, a defunct occupation.
Name of Artist: Not known.
Date of current sign: Not known.
Date of first pub on site: Not known.
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