Pottery Animals (1956)

Soho, London. Potter’s Studio where 2 artists are making the latest fashion in animal ornaments. C/U shots of two of the pottery animals - a bull and a hippopotamus. C/U shots of potter John Virando taking a lump of clay and throwing his next object which is a tortoise on the potter’s wheel. The models are then put in a kiln by partner Philip Roberts. He takes some other ornaments out of the oven. C/U shots of Philip painting a rhinoceros. More shots of finished animals including large and small tortoises frogs and a boar. Lastly a pig which is also a vase and painted in primary colours and a bit avant garde. The name of the studio is Cleveland Pottery. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000