The Middleport Pottery of Burgess and Leigh (opened 1888)  

The factory showroom

 

Location 27 on the index diagram

 

Most pottery works would have a showroom to show prospective buyer the beauty of the finished ware that had been produced under such arduous conditions. Shelves of the company's distinctive Burleigh earthenware are displayed in a huge, glass-fronted cabinet that takes up one wall of the office area.

The finished Churchill Toby Jug

The finished Art Deco vase

Previous is a portrait of Edmund Leigh is the office entrance
Next is the main office 

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