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| Figure 4 Plate, Staffordshire, ca. 1830. Whiteware. D. 4 1/2". (Courtesy, Donald Carpentier; photo, Gavin Ashworth.) The sentiment expressed on this plate from the 1830s, “commerce, The Staffordshire Potteries/And free trade with all the world,” would have been shared by all the Staffordshire manufacturers of the period. This transfer-printed pattern highlights the importance of trade to the survival of the Staffordshire pottery industry. |
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