Etruria Works

E145365

industrial complex manufacturing site pottery factory

Etruria Works was a pioneering 18th-century pottery factory and industrial complex in Staffordshire, England, that became a major center of Josiah Wedgwood’s ceramic production and innovation.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Etruria Works canonical	3
Etruria British School	1
Etruria Staircase Locks	1
Etruria works	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	industrial complex ⓘ manufacturing site ⓘ pottery factory ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Georgian industrial architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Etruria Hall ⓘ model industrial village of Etruria ⓘ
constructionStart	1760s ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
designedBy	Josiah Wedgwood I ⓘ surface form: Josiah Wedgwood
employs	engravers ⓘ kiln workers ⓘ modellers ⓘ potters ⓘ
founder	Josiah Wedgwood I ⓘ surface form: Josiah Wedgwood
function	export-oriented ceramics manufacturing ⓘ production of fine earthenware ⓘ
heritageStatus	site of industrial archaeological interest ⓘ
historicalEra	Industrial Revolution ⓘ
inception	1769 ⓘ
industry	ceramics ⓘ pottery ⓘ
influenced	development of factory-based pottery production ⓘ industrial town planning in Staffordshire ⓘ
locatedIn	Etruria, Staffordshire ⓘ Staffordshire ⓘ Stoke-on-Trent ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedOn	Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ
market	American export market ⓘ British domestic market ⓘ European export market ⓘ
namedAfter	Etruria ⓘ surface form: Etruria (ancient region of Italy)
notableFor	integration of factory and model village ⓘ pioneering industrial organization in pottery ⓘ quality control and experimental laboratories ⓘ use of steam power in ceramics manufacturing ⓘ
operator	Wedgwood pottery company ⓘ surface form: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
ownedBy	Josiah Wedgwood I ⓘ surface form: Josiah Wedgwood
partOf	Wedgwood pottery company ⓘ surface form: Wedgwood company
peakActivity	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
product	black basalt stoneware ⓘ creamware ⓘ fine earthenware for export markets ⓘ jasperware ⓘ
significantProject	mass production of creamware ⓘ production of jasperware ⓘ refinement of bone china precursors ⓘ
transportLink	Trent and Mersey Canal ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Josiah Wedgwood I → built → Etruria Works ⓘ

Francis Wedgwood → associatedWith → Etruria Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Etruria works

Etruria Hall → associatedWith → Etruria Works ⓘ

Etruria, Staffordshire → hasIndustrialSite → Etruria Works ⓘ

Etruria Junction → hasNearbyStructure → Etruria Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Etruria Staircase Locks

Captain Edward Smith → educatedAt → Etruria Works ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward John Smith

this entity surface form: Etruria British School