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Inside the Victorian Bone Mill: The Brutal Reality of Bone China Production

Step inside the world of early bone china production and discover the real industrial process behind Britain’s most famous ceramic. At Shirley’s Bone & Flint Mill in Stoke-on-Trent, cow bones and flint pebbles were calcined, crushed, ground and washed to create the raw materials that fed the entire pottery industry. In this on-site interview at the Etruria Industrial Museum, Bernard Lovett, representing generations of workers at the Mill and the Shirley’s Volunteers CIO, explains how bone and flint were handled, fired, and prepared for use in early recipes for fine china. Alongside his account, this film follows the full process from sourcing raw bone and flint, to calcining, to the steam-powered grind pans, and finally to the slop and powder delivered to potteries across The Potteries. Featuring: Rare footage of the mill in steam Grind pans turning under power Engineers demonstrating James Watt’s “parallel motion” beam engine Drone views beside the Trent & Mersey Canal This is the true industrial story behind the whiteness and strength of bone china. This link will get you to my channel so that you don’t miss any future editions    / @potteriesauthor   🔔 Subscribe ‪@PotteriesAuthor‬ for more heritage films from Stoke-on-Trent — The Potteries, the home of British ceramics. 🕰️ CHAPTERS 00:00 Bernard Lovett, Shirley's Bone and Flint Mill 00:59 The Journey of Bone & Flint 01:10 Where Flint Pebbles For Silica Came From 02:50 Sourcing Cow Bone for Bone Ash 03:57 Bone China Recipe 04:32 Calcining: Burning Bone & Flint 06:26 Flint Kiln Draw Holes 06:47 Crushing Cornish Stone in the Crusher 08:47 Pan Grind in the Pan Room 10:25 The Gear Room 11:15 Drying Beds for Milled Flint or Bone 13:36 Mill below Canal from Mining Subsidence 14:15 Bateman and Sherratt Steam Engine 16:54 Watt’s Parallel Motion Engine 17:46 Trouble at t'Mill 18:04 1903 Boiler in Steam 18:43 William Evans, Cliff Vale Boiler Works, Hanley 19:10 Outro Like Pottery or Ceramics? Discover more of the legacy of the British Potteries and its world heritage on the ‪@PotteriesAuthor‬ Channel. All the links to find out more about me at https://linktr.ee/authoronthepotteries Subtitles available in: English, Spanish, French, German, Swedish, Portuguese, Hindi, Indonesian, Filipino & Japanese. #shirleysmill #boneandflint #stokeontrent #potteriesheritage #bonechina #etruriamuseum #steamengine #etruria #batemansherratt #wattboulton #calcining #pangrinding #boneash #flintpebble