{"id":55338,"date":"2009-10-20T19:42:16","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T18:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=55338"},"modified":"2018-05-18T17:33:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T16:33:09","slug":"ceramic-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=55338","title":{"rendered":"Ceramic Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/scn_162-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1764\" height=\"1356\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/scn_162-1.jpg 1764w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/scn_162-1-300x231.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/scn_162-1-390x300.jpg 390w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/scn_162-1-150x115.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/scn_162-1-400x307.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1764px) 100vw, 1764px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>This looks like a photograph of a\u00a0finishing shop \u2013 a place where\u00a0clay or ceramic objects are cleaned up and checked for defects.\u00a0 I could suggest a date of 1903 \u2013 judging by the plaque being held to view at the nearest workbench, but that could be a red herring! We have said clay or ceramic because most of the objects in the image\u00a0look like ceramic pipework, chimney pots and urns. The reason it looks rather gloomy is that it was shot in natural light \u2013 no flash. <\/strong><strong>Behind the little table in the foreground can be seen\u00a0some small\u00a0moulds; like boxes in two halves. We have been told by Gavin Purdon: &#8220;The 1903 plaque with a letter N on its shield shown in this photograph can be seen today in Commondale village mounted on the gable end of Ness Terrace nearest to Commondale railway station. This would suggest the photograph has a strong connection with Commondale Brick Pipe &amp; Tile Works.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many thanks to Gavin Purdon for that update.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>This looks like a photograph of a finishing shop \u2013 a place where clay or ceramic objects are cleaned up and checked for defects. I could suggest a date of 1903 \u2013 judging by the plaque being held to view at the nearest workbench, but that could be a red herring! We have said [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brickworks","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55338"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58364,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55338\/revisions\/58364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}