Bottlekiln lamp Moorcroft pottery it as been subsumed in

it as been subsumed in the borough of Stoke on Trent but still important commercial and ceramic centre

A Martin brothers inspired grotesque sculpture of a wally bird

He looks a bit frazzled

Until the last decade of the 18th century it was known for coal mines and iron works

is connected by the Stoke and Derby branch of the North Staffordshire Railway with the great trunk lines of England

Bottlekiln lamp Moorcroft pottery it as been subsumed inBottle kilns were typical of the industrial landscape mostly built in the 18th and 19th centuries their association with Stoke on Trent reflects the fact that the British ceramics industry was mainly based in the city. Nothing depicts the potteries better than a bottle kiln, there were hundreds around Stoke on Trent. Height 22cm plus light fitting. no bulb or shade included for picture use only.