This collection of shards was gathered when the old A. J. Wilkinson Royal Staffordshire Pottery factory was developed in Stoke-on-Trent. Part of a large slag heap that had built up over the years was dredged from the river, after having been thrown out of the factory’s windows.

This collection of shards was gathered when the old A. J. Wilkinson Royal Staffordshire Pottery factory was developed in Stoke-on-Trent. Part of a large slag heap that had built up over the years was dredged from the river, after having been thrown out of the factory’s windows.