At their peak, in the 1930s, about 2,100 of these towering and complex buildings dominated the skyline of Stoke-on-Trent. Today (Jan 2026) o...

Read all about Bottle Ovens and the Story of The Final Firing £12.99 available from Gladstone Pottery Museum shop and by Ma...

'The ovens are the most important part of the potter's plant, and it is on their successful management that the results of the busin...

The Potteries Bottle Oven - the huge, imposing, and towering brick-built, bottle-shaped structure, up to 70 feet high, essential on a potban...

This was the penultimate commercial bottle oven firing in The Potteries.  It was at the factory of Acme Marls, Bournes Bank, Burslem and it ...