French fire-clay

Made:: before 1889 in Battersea

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French fire-clay
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French fire-clay, used in making French crucibles by the Patent Plumbago Crucible Company, Battersea

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Category:: Metallurgy

Object Number:: 1889-164/356

type:: specimen

credit:: John Percy Collection

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French fire-clay

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