The building was constructed from brick with an unplastered timber ceiling and leaded mullioned winders, which suggests it dates from the late-seventeenth-century.
The potter on the left is forming a large forcing jar with a conical lid, and has tall chimney pots waiting to be taken to the kiln on the board alongside his wheel. He has to stand on a step to handle the clay for these substantial products cannot reach his foot pedal - instead it is being operated by a young boy using a lever beneath the table.
The potter on the right is holding up a garden urn. Although, it is unlikely that this object was manufactured in one piece on his wheel in this form, though he has his foot on the pedal beneath the table to operate his wheel. This is probably a pose for the painting. Alongside are weighed out equal slabs of clay - more are being brought to the potters by the man on the right. A row of small flowerpot stands on a ware-board beside him, ready for carriage to the kilns.
The children posed in the foreground for the picture have a toy wheelbarrow, a straw hat and their pet animals. It seems unlikely that they would be allowed into the workshop with their best clothes on any occasion."
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George Robinson's Bull Lane Pottery - Brentford, England
Circa 1840s
Photo Courtesy: Giuldford Museum - Giuldford, England
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