The Middleport Pottery of Burgess and Leigh (opened 1888)  

The transfer printing machine

 

Location 23 on the index diagram

 

At the top end of the transfer room is the printing machine. There is an engraved metal roll which carries the ink, the pattern is then 'transferred' onto paper and then onto the ware.

 

The transfer printing machine

Detail of the engraved metal roll

Previous is applying the transfer to the ware
Next is the manufacturers plate 

You can skip the rest of the transfer section of the tour and go
straight to the stairs which go down to the offices: - skip transfer

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