Staffordshire Ceramic Ware

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Staffordshire ceramic ware.

Thick layers of clay lay only a few feet below the surface. Higher quality figures were made in porcelain and new ceramic materials like parian ware as well as some types of stoneware but in the 19th century staffordshire figure comes to denote specifically the cheaper earthenware types. Abundance of local clays and coal gave rise to a concentration of pottery factories that made staffordshire one of the foremost pottery centres in europe. The geography of staffordshire in central england conspired to make it a center for slipware and other types of lead glazed earthenware.

In fact there was so much of the stuff within easy reach that 18th century potters routinely dug clay right out of the roads thus giving us the. The english porcelain industry was reaching its peak in staffordshire as porcelain makers were discovering the benefits of a cobalt coloring they were using. Porcelain was first made at longton hall c. The staffordshire potteries is the industrial area encompassing the six towns tunstall burslem hanley stoke fenton and longton that now make up the city of stoke on trent in staffordshire england.

Staffordshire ware lead glazed earthenware and unglazed or salt glazed stoneware made in staffordshire england from the 17th century onward. English ironstone indiana staffordshire art pottery. Staffordshire tea cup in staffordshire art pottery. Royal tudor ware in staffordshire art pottery.

North staffordshire became a centre of ceramic production in the early 17th century due to the local availability of clay salt lead and coal.