Isaac Button – Country Potter

Blog post1 min readUpdated Feb 23, 2025View source ↗

Isaac Button was the last true English country potter. In a day, he could turn a ton of clay into pots. When timed he threw a lump of clay on to the wheel, pulled it high, then cut it off with wire in 22 seconds. In an hour, he could turn out 120 pots. In…

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