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| "Run of Oven" Advert courtesy Evening Sentinel , Sept 1978 |
Just a week after the firing Gladstone's cobbled yard was transformed into a huge sales area.
Pottery from the Last Bottle Oven Firing, together with saggars, special editions and other souvenir ware was offered for sale to the public. The funds raised went to the The Gladstone Pottery Museum which at that time was run by the Staffordshire Pottery Industry Preservation Trust, (SPIPT) an independent Charitable Trust.
In a contemporary report to SPIPT, David Sekers, museum director, noted that the total value of the Gladstone-made pottery, together with other revenues, came to an astonishing £36,752. The value today (2018) calculated on the rise in the Retail Price Index, is £201,000
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| Last Bottle Oven Firing - Sale of Pots from the oven. Queuing to get in Photo: Terry Woolliscroft Collection |
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| Last Bottle Oven Firing - Sales of pots from the oven in Gladstone Pottery Museum cobbled yard 1978 Photo: Terry Woolliscroft Collection |
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| Gladstone Pottery Museum Limited edition tyg from The Last Bottle Oven Firing - Original price £28 The tygs were thrown by a member of Gladstone staff - Stephen Parry-Thomas Photos: Courtesy of Jessica Davies |
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| Gladstone Pottery Museum Limited edition Tankard from The Last Bottle Oven Firing Photos: Terry Woolliscroft Collection |
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| Gladstone Pottery Museum Story - Last Bottle Oven Firing Alfred Clough, kiln fireman, with wares from oven Photo: Courtesy Evening Sentinel Date: 2 September 1978 |
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| Some of the range of pottery fired in the Last Bottle Oven Firing 1978 Photo: Terry Woolliscroft Collection |
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| Pottery fired in the Last Bottle Oven Firing 1978 On the left Gladstone's Bottle Oven China Sweet Dish On the right Two Handled Tankard from Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Ltd Photos: Terry Woolliscroft Collection |
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| Pottery fired in the Last Bottle Oven Firing 1978 Tankard from Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Ltd Photos: Terry Woolliscroft Collection |
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| Pottery fired in the Last Bottle Oven Firing 1978 The Bottle Oven Money Box Photos: Terry Woolliscroft Collection |
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| Pottery fired in the Last Bottle Oven Firing 1978 Royal Doulton Character Jug. More info here> |
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| Saggars used in the Last Bottle Oven Firing 1978 Numbered, limited edition, saggars used in the firing Photos: Terry Woolliscroft Collection |
The MAIL ORDER CATALOGUE
Following the huge sale in the Gladstone yard on 10 September 1978, the remaining goods were offered via a Mail Order Catalogue. Here it is: |
| Pottery fired in the Last Bottle Oven Firing 1978 Hudson and Middleton, 'Royal Kendal' brand souvenir mug Charity shop purchase, Newcastle-under-Lyme, by a member/partner of 'Ceramic City Stories' Photo: Ceramic City Stories @potteriestiles Date: 2018 |
Other commemorative pots, but not fired in the last bottle oven
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| Hudson and Middleton commemorative bone china mug Photos: Terry Woolliscroft Collection |
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| Gladstone Commemorative Leonard Brammer Mug Photos: Terry Woolliscroft Collection Date: 1978 |
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| Salisbury China of Longton - Commemorative Plate Photo: Janet Harris of Seattle, Washington, USA |
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| Bone China commemorative plate Designed by John Piper |
