William Steers owned the pottery where this tankard was made between 1744 and 1747. He was trying to copy Chinese porcelain, which was in demand. You can see a Chinese landscape design including a willow tree and pagoda on the side of the tankard.
Our tankard was glued together from ‘wasters’ from the Pomona Inn site, Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1967. This is how it got its name. ‘Wasters’ are ceramics damaged during firing and thrown away. We believe there were only one or two unsuccessful firings as no known complete piece exists.
The inside and the bottom of the Tankard is now digitally reconstructed using the original 3D laser scaning & photogrametry data.
Image credits:
Project co-ordinated with Professor Neil Brownsword and
David Edwards (Technical Specialist for Visualisation and Simulation) Richard Harper (Lecturer for Visual Effects) Jan Korenko (Senior Lecturer for Augmented & Virtual Realities), Staffordshire University
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