1. Delving into the Archive: Ironbridge Archive and Westminster Abbey

    An item from the Maw & Co. Collection in the Museum Library & Archives assisted conservators and researchers at Westminster Abbey in piecing together the history of one of their most celebrated treasures.

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  2. Clocking In at Coalport

    Coalport China Museum is home to some truly spectacular displays of china and porcelain but, amongst the finery, it is the humblest looking objects in the collection which are arguably the most significant.

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  3. Medusa and the Lost Floor of Clivedon

    This stunning section of an encaustic floor was almost destroyed by Nancy Astor, but survived and is now in the collection at Jackfield Tile Museum.

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  4. DANGERS, DISASTERS AND DEATH

    In the heat of ironworks, the darkness of the mines, and the toxic and dusty clay industries, danger, disaster, and death were the constant companions of industrial workers in the Gorge.

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  5. Maw and Co. Collection

    This collection covers the production period 1852 to 1969 in the working life of Maw and Co. Ltd. which was founded by George and Arthur Maw at Benthall, Broseley in Shropshire. By the late 19th Century, Maw and Co. had become one of the world's largest decorative tile manufacturers.

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