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Post by Freckles on Nov 24, 2011 20:37:29 GMT
Industrial Revolution
IM01 - Saggar Maker's Bottom Knocker
IM02 - Iron Puddler
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Post by Freckles on Nov 24, 2011 20:40:33 GMT
IM01 - Saggar Maker's Bottom KnockerRRP £30.00  Photo copyright of Robert Harrop Designs Original Robert Harrop Designs advertNEW! Available Now Free Postage & Packing! Inspired by our setting in the Ironbridge Gorge, the Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, these classic figurines honour the men and women who strived to make this country Great. Working in what can only be described as extremely harsh and sometimes perilous conditions, these good folk kept the wheels of new industry continually moving onwards and upwards. A saggar is a large fireclay container used to protect pottery from marking by flames and smoke during firing in a bottle oven. Saggar Maker Bottom Knocker The making of the saggar was a very skilled job, developed in the 18th Century ceramic industry to cope with the vast quantities of “ware” needed to supply worldwide demand. The very dangerous job of stabalizing the pile of Saggars was left to the apprentices. These were usually young boys who would knock the final props into place at the bottom of the vast kilns with wooden mallets known as mawls. * Hand painted ceramic resin figurine / statue from the Industrial Revolution Collection. * Designed and sculpted in Shropshire, England by Robert Harrop Designs. * Approximately 6 inches (152 mm) tall. * Comes complete in a presentation box. Robert Harrop Designs Industrial Revolution Figurine / Statue |
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Post by Freckles on Nov 24, 2011 20:42:42 GMT
IM02 - Iron PuddlerRRP £35.00  Photo copyright of Robert Harrop Designs Original Robert Harrop Designs advertNEW! Available Now Free Postage & Packing! Inspired by our setting in the Ironbridge Gorge, the Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, these classic figurines honour the men and women who strived to make this country Great. Working in what can only be described as extremely harsh and sometimes perilous conditions, these good folk kept the wheels of new industry continually moving onwards and upwards. A saggar is a large fireclay container used to protect pottery from marking by flames and smoke during firing in a bottle oven. Iron Puddler Puddling was an Industrial Revolution means of making iron and steel, where molten iron in a furnace was hand-stirred with rods, which were consumed in the process. A very hot and treacherous job, the process was developed in the second half of the 18th Century in Great Britain for producing bar iron from pig iron without the use of charcoal. * Hand painted ceramic resin figurine / statue from the Industrial Revolution Collection. * Designed and sculpted in Shropshire, England by Robert Harrop Designs. * Approximately 6.7 inches (170mm) tall. * Comes complete in a presentation box. Robert Harrop Designs Industrial Revolution Figurine / Statue
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