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Ceramica, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
Ceramica in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent was one of the Millennium Commissions 222 projects across the country. Ceramica was designed to be a unique celebration of the ceramic industry of Stoke-on-Trent. Created inside the Victorian town hall of Burslem.
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'First Day' of issue (May 2000) - postage stamps and envelopes - celebrating Millennium Projects...
year 2000 commemorative First Day Cover -
Ceramica - 2nd May 2000
In the year 2000 a number of commemorative postage stamps were issued - the Ceramica stamp was part of an Art & Craft series which marked Millennium projects and included:
Ceramica, Stoke-on-Trent |
"Ceramica
is a visitor centre where the |
Jan 2001 - Ceramica under construction
Ceramica advertising leaflet
what
was on offer at Ceramica.......
The Pavilions
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photos of the interior of Ceramica - taken by Fred Hughes in April 2002....
refurbished staircase of the old Burslem Town
Hall which housed Ceramica
central staircase which mimics a bottle kiln
with the outer hovel and the inner kiln
mockup of a canal barge
tiled mural showing the canals, coal mines
and pottery factories of Stoke-on-Trent
Ceramica - housed in the Old Town Hall - and
the clay and coal deposits that made the pottery industry of
Stoke-on-Trent
the 'Time Team' dig - the old Town Hall was
built near to Josiah Wedgwood's Ivy House Works
'Get a Handle on This" - how cup handles
are made
manufacturers exhibition section -
Moorcroft
representation of a Moorcroft tube-lined
vase
manufacturers exhibition section - Royal
Stafford
manufacturers exhibition section - Wade
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