Presser's tool

Description

One of a collection of specimens illustrating the manufacture of Wedgwood pottery from Etruria, Staffordshire - presser's tool used in flat ware pressing - a horn used in finishing pressed ware: English, 1850s.

Museum reference

A.89.184 A

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Presser's tool, Horn

Production information

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Pottery manufacturer
Etruria, Staffordshire, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1850

Materials

Horn

Physical description