Staffordshire Potteries

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ceramics-producing region historic industrial region

Staffordshire Potteries is a historic ceramics-producing region in Staffordshire, England, renowned as a major center of the British pottery industry.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Potteries	8
Burslem pottery tradition	1
Potteries region	1
Stoke-on-Trent Potteries district	1
The Six Towns of the Staffordshire Potteries	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ceramics-producing region ⓘ historic industrial region ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Josiah Spode NERFINISHED ⓘ Josiah Wedgwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Minton NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Burslem NERFINISHED ⓘ Fenton NERFINISHED ⓘ Hanley NERFINISHED ⓘ Longton NERFINISHED ⓘ Stoke-on-Trent NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunstall NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalSignificance	symbol of British ceramic heritage ⓘ
developedDuring	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
economicImportance	major employer in Staffordshire ⓘ
exportMarket	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritageAttraction	Gladstone Pottery Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ World of Wedgwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableManufacturer	Burleigh Pottery NERFINISHED ⓘ Churchill China NERFINISHED ⓘ Dudson NERFINISHED ⓘ Minton NERFINISHED ⓘ Moorcroft NERFINISHED ⓘ Portmeirion NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Doulton NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Stafford NERFINISHED ⓘ Spode NERFINISHED ⓘ Wedgwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	leading exporter of ceramics ⓘ major center of the British pottery industry ⓘ
industry	ceramics industry ⓘ pottery industry ⓘ
knownFor	bone china ⓘ creamware ⓘ earthenware production ⓘ fine china production ⓘ industrial-scale pottery manufacture ⓘ mass-produced ceramics ⓘ transfer-printed wares ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Staffordshire ⓘ
partOf	West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
productType	decorative ceramics ⓘ sanitary ware ⓘ tableware ⓘ tiles ⓘ

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Wedgwood Institute → associatedWith → Staffordshire Potteries ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burslem pottery tradition

The Five Towns stories → associatedWithAuthorRegion → Staffordshire Potteries ⓘ