Staffordshire
Midlands pottery region
Staffordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, historically associated with pottery and ceramics—the Potteries region around Stoke-on-Trent made it synonymous with British china.
A Staffordshire bull terrier (often shortened to Staffie) is a muscular, medium-sized dog breed originally developed there.
She collects antique Staffordshire figurines.
British luxury ceramics brand
- SpodeEnglish porcelain manufacturer
- bone chinaCalcium-ash ceramic ware
- porcelainTranslucent fired clay
- earthenwareLow-temperature fired pottery
stoneware · transferware · figurine · kiln · glaze · clay · slip · throwing
Muscular breed with distinctive profile
- StaffieStaffordshire Bull Terrier
- muscularHaving well-developed sinews
- loyalFirm in allegiance
- brindleStreaky animal coat pattern
pitbull · breed · companion · stocky · kennel · pedigree · temperament · training
Medieval English kingdom
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
- Domesday Book1086 English land survey
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- Industrial RevolutionEra of mechanized production
canal network · Josiah Wedgwood · medieval · collieries · ironworks · potteries · coal mining
Wedgwood
British luxury ceramics brand
- SpodeEnglish porcelain manufacturer
- bone chinaCalcium-ash ceramic ware
- porcelainTranslucent fired clay
earthenware · stoneware · transferware · figurine · kiln · glaze · clay · slip · throwing · firing
Stoke-on-Trent
Industrial city in Staffordshire
- moorlandsOpen boggy upland terrain
bull terrier
Muscular breed with distinctive profile
brindle · pitbull · breed · companion · stocky · kennel · pedigree · temperament · training · obedience
Mercia
Medieval English kingdom
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
- Domesday Book1086 English land survey
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
Industrial Revolution · canal network · Josiah Wedgwood · medieval · collieries · ironworks · potteries · coal mining
- ceramicspottery, porcelain, cup, bowl, plate
- Terriersterrier, Boston Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier, Airedale, Scottie
- British antiquesWedgwood, Spode, Chippendale, Victorian jewelry, jasperware
- British PotteryWedgwood, Spode, bone china, earthenware, stoneware
- English countiesBerkshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Devon
- English ShiresBedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire
StaffordshireCornwall
Southwestern English peninsula county
Devon · Kent · Sussex · Dorset · Isle of Wight
StaffordshireSurrey
Region bordering Greater London
Buckinghamshire · Hertfordshire · Chelsea · Oxfordshire · Kensington
- Staffordshire HoardSeventh-century metalwork cache