Gladstone Pottery Museum History
The Gladstone Pottery Museum is a living breathing, fully function Victorian pottery factory. The coal fuelled clay ovens still tower above the potters, and pots are fired as they would have during Stafford's heyday of producing the countries finest bone china.
Located in a huge Victorian industrial building the museum has the feel of a labyrinth about it. All the ancient crafts and art of the potters are faithfully recreated by costumed demonstrations.
The Pottery was started at this location in 1780 by the Shelley family. The family pottery produced works for several decades but always struggled financially. During the early part of the nineteenth century the Shelley's were forced to sell.
John Sheridan bought the pottery and under his tenure it thrived. Potters would come from the local area to use the kilns as tenants of the pottery and many of Stafford's most sought after pieces were produced here during this era. It was the influx of craftsmen that expanded the pottery so quickly that gives the site an exploded, industrial and sprawled look.
The Gladstone Pottery Museum has not been the site of any documented massacres, or savage injustices if you believe the history books. But there have been significant numbers of paranormal sightings and manifestations here throughout the buildings history.
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