S6E1 · Wedgwood's First Factory - Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent

Wedgwood's First Factory - Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent

S6E1 · 1999-01-03 · 50 min

The Team are in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, to investigate what remains of Josiah Wedgwood's first factory and to discover what pottery he was making there. They find evidence of several centuries of potting and bottle kilns, including a time capsule of the pottery of Enoch Wood & Sons. Experimental archaeology: a replica creamware vase.

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