Staffordshire ware, lead-glazed earthenware and unglazed or salt-glazed stoneware made in Staffordshire, England, from the 17th century onward. 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.

Is Burleigh Ware collectible?

Their range of jugs with sculptural handles in the form of animals, birds and figures are as popular with collectors today as they were with the 1930s public. The business was sold in 1999 and then again in 2010 when it was acquired by the company producing Denby Pottery.

Which UK city is also known as the Potteries?

The Potteries, region in the north of the geographic county of Staffordshire, England, the countrys main producer of china and earthenware. It is centred on the city and unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent and includes areas in the neighbouring borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.