Britain at Work
A Pictorial Description of Our National Industries

THE POTTERY WORKERS this object into a large tub of clean water, the paper is easily removed, the design remaining upon the ware. Time will not allow us to follow it through the drying and slight firing required to remove the oil, before it reaches the “ Dipping house.” Large tubs, apparently filled with whitewash ; benches and shelves covered with long boards supporting rows of cups, pots, or other articles, all alike as two peas; “dippers” and their assistants in long white overalls, with respirators over their mouths—these are the chief features that strike us as we watch the glazing process. There is nothing strange or mysterious about it. Simply the seizing of the piece in the fingers and the plunging of it into the tub of creamy-looking wash, the shaking off of the drips, the replacing of it on the board to dry—that is all; but, like many simple things, it is not an easy matter to the uninitiated. Again to the drying-room, then into the saggars once more, on the way to those ovens MAKING TOILET, DINNER, AND FANCY WARE AT THE BRITANNIA POTTERY, GLASGOW. which we saw on entering ; then, finally, after firing and cooling, the ware makes its way to the huge warehouse for sorting and cleaning. Of the simpler and cheaper goods there is little more to be said. I heir vicissitudes are at an end. Not so, however, with the 1 PRINTING AND TRANSFERRING.