Delve into objects illustrating the social, economic and political backdrop to Manchester’s industrial and scientific developments, including major events such as the 1819 Peterloo Massacre and the 1887 Royal Jubilee Exhibition.
Local History
1901-1930
"Lady Sarah Wilson" clay tobacco pipe bowl, unglazed, made by John Pollock & Co.
A clay toy tankard, painted yellow, made by John Pollock & Co.
A yellow-glazed clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.; "Basket Cutty" model.
A twig mouthpiece for a tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.
1915
A 1715-1915 bicentenary clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.
A metal heel for a clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.
A bundle of six mould-casting stoppers, used by John Pollock & Co., as part of the clay pipe manufacturing process.
A clay toy tankard, painted green, made by John Pollock & Co.
A "Lady Sarah Wilson" clay tobacco pipe bowl, glazed, made by John Pollock & Co.
A "Byron" tobacco pipe bowl, made by John Pollock & Co.
A "Byron" corroclay tobacco pipe bowl, made by John Pollock & Co.
An unglazed clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.; 1715-1915 bicentennary pipe.
A "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl, unglazed, made by John Pollock & Co.
A display card/pipe mount card for a "Poet" pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.
A glazed corroclay "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl, made by John Pollock & Co.
A clay toy tankard, painted blue, made by John Pollock & Co.
A toy clay tobacco pipe, designed to blow bubbles, made by John Pollock & Co.; "Friendship" model.
A "churchwarden" clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.
A mould stopper, used by John Pollock & Co., as part of the clay pipe manufacturing process.
An unglazed clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.; "Basket Cutty" model.
A blue glazed clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.; "Death & Glory C. Cutty" model.
A black clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.; "Rustic Com. Cutty" model.
