It's not just pottery that Staffordshire exported in huge quantities in earlier years. This pulpit, at St Nicholas Cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, is carved of what's known as 'Uttoxeter Alabaster' - probably mined at Fauld, which is not far from Uttoxeter.
Made in the late nineteenth century, it exudes a fascinating dull light, similar to the property of candle-wax.
It's exquisite craftmanship.
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