Potteries

American  

[pot-uh-reez] / ˈpɒt ə riz /

noun

1. the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.

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Potteries British  

/ ˈpɒtərɪz /

plural noun

1. (sometimes functioning as singular) a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated

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Potteries

In 1928, May Rindge began building a great family mansion, Laudamus Hill, with lavish appointments like carved mahogany doors and tile from her own Malibu Potteries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025

Burslem is the oldest of the six towns making up Stoke-on-Trent and is often known as the mother town of the Staffordshire Potteries, having created ceramics for more than 300 years.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2024

Other infrastructure has been scavenged from factories across the country once operated by companies including Hartstone Pottery, Haeger Potteries and Lenox.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

After taking to Facebook to ask local friends where to get help for food from, Ms Gun got financial advice from the organisation Potteries Moneywise.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2022

There are about thirty-five firms in the Potteries making china, most of them for the home trade, and over five times that number making earthenware.

From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by L. Arnoux