More than 100 original clay pots, known as saggers, are donated by the former owners.
Kate Cadman said she was delighted to discover thousands of clay pipes neatly arranged for firing inside donated pots
The saggers contain thousands of unfired pipes thought to have been produced at the facility before it shut in the 1950s. Broseley Pipeworks, originally known as the Crown pipeworks, was one of the last surviving factories and finally abandoned in the late 1950s. "This was a generous gift by the Southorn family that will help us show visitors to the pipeworks the scale of clay pipe production in Broseley," Ms Cadman said.who are being supported to preserve the traditional craft.red list of endangered skills," Ms Cadman said.
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