Plate making at Emma Bridgewater Factory in Stoke-On-Trent, England.

We love the shapes of our elegant dishes and plates, and were lucky to have a master plate maker working with us in our factory on the banks of the Caldon Canal in Stoke on Trent. This is Bill, and he has been making plates in Stoke for nearly half a century. If you click on the link opposite you can watch a short video which shows the complete process by which Bill creates our lovely plates. Have a look at it, and see if you can spot Bill cutting a slice of virgin clay to make into a piece ...

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YouTube | October 19, 2009

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