A guide through the Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, and an epitome of the history of pottery and porcelain with the marks on Worcester porcelain (1878)
Royal Porcelain Works (Worcester, England) · Worcester : The Works · leaf 20
THE THROWER. 14 oldest mechanical contrivance in connection with the art of pottery. In the tombs at Thebes (dating about 3800 years ago) have been discovered drawings which exhibit the potter's art in a variety of forms — the kneader of the clay, the bailer, and the thrower. … THE EGYPTIAN THROWER. The man who works at the potter's wheel is called the thrower. He receives from his assistant a ball of clay, which he throws upon the head of the wheel or horizontal lathe before him and presses it with both hands ; the rotary movement causes the clay to rise in the form of a…
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