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Archive File

The Art and Craft of Glass-Blowing by Hand

Napier, Valerie A

1964

A dissertation based on the observation of methods and terms used in the making of antique glass in Sunderland (at Hartley, Wood and Company), and in the making of vases, wine glasses and ornaments in...

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Dales Crafts and Craftsmen

Walton, James

[1930s-1940s]

Articles written by James Walton on the craftsmen of the Yorkshire Dales, for the series 'Dales Crafts and Craftsmen' in 'The Yorkshire Dalesman', extracted and pasted into a hard-backed scrapbook. Th...

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Pagan and Christian Mythology

1955-1976

This file contains items relating to pagan gods and legends, giants and Christian mythology. The file includes a copy of Stewart Sanderson's paper, 'Abitanti Soprannaturali delle Acque Scozzesi / Supe...

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Pottery, Brick-Making and Glass

1960-1972

This file contains items on traditional pottery, brick-making and glasswares, including Charles Thomas's paper on people and pottery in Dark Age Cornwall, extracted from 'Old Cornwall'(1960), pp. 452-...

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Decadent Local Industries: Pottery and Quarrying

Walton, James

1938

This volume contains two articles written by James Walton for the 'Some Decadent Local Industries' series of articles published in the 'Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society' (March 1938). T...

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Sound Recording, Devon

Wakelin, Martyn F

1964

Mr. F. H. W. Small, recorded in Cornwood [interviewed by an unidentified female]; talks about fifty years' employment in the china-clay industry; describes the clay's consistency, according to its dep...

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Architectural ceramics

Van Lemmen, Hans; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2002

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Keramisches aus England mit Berücksichtigung von Leeds : eine Studie

Steinbrecht, Gustav

1897

Editor: Prof. Alex. Schmidt.

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Mysteries of trade : a chapter of old Leeds industry

[1915]

Press cutting, extracted from the Yorkshire Observer, 30 October, 1915.

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