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Abundance of
clays and coal gave rise to a concentration of pottery factories that made
Staffordshire one of the foremost pottery centres in Europe for. lead-glazed
earthenware
and unglazed or salt-glazed stoneware .
Staffordshire potters, experimenting in order to find a substitute for Chinese
porcelain, about 1750 evolved a fine white earthenware with a rich yellowish
glaze that proved ideal for domestic ware.. The manufacturer's presence
has extended to vases, wall pockets, beer sets, beer pots, bowl
planters,centerbowls, flower pots, grease jar,jars, jam pot, cornucopia,
creamer, cookie jar, canisters, consoles, Serving bowls, bookends, compote,
cigarette boxes, conch shell, console set, candleholder, bulb bowl, busts,
canister set, bookends,lamps, pitchers, jardinieres, incence burners, ashtray,
humidors. baskets, powder jars, temple jars, water coolers, pill boxes, lidded
boxes, washing pots. Mugs with two or more handles, known as tygs and dotted and
trailed slip decoration depicted human and animal figures, stylized
flowers, and fluid linear patterns weres also started in Staffordshire and many
surviving examples were signed by the potter in slip.
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