HAVING BROKEN OPEN THE BRICKED UP KILN TOP WALL,
MESHECH SIMS HANDS THE FIRED POTTERY TO BERT BAILEY AND THE REST OF THE WORKFORCE
THE POTTERS SHOW A WIDE VARIETY OF DOMESTIC GOODS
WHICH THEY HAVE MADE, STACKED AND FIRED
THEY BEGIN THE TASK OF CARRYING THE FINISHED WARE
BACK TO THE WORKSHOP AND SALE ROOM
THEY PROUDLY SHOW OFF A SELECTION OF THEIR FINISHED CREATIONS
A LOCAL "HIGGLER" OR HAWKER "PANS" BREWER
READY TO SET OFF WITH HORSE AND CART ON HIS ROUNDS
SOME EXAMPLES OF VERWOOD MADE POTTERY
THE LARGE, ROUND COSTREL OR "CIDER OWL" HAD THONGS ATTACHED
FOR MEN TO CARRY THEIR DRINK TO THE FIELDS
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