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Type: Original
Medium: Pastels
Genre: Landscape
Artwork Size: 30cm (w) x 40cm (h)
Uploaded on: Wednesday 22nd Jul, 2026
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The decline of the Longport potteries, and the wider Staffordshire ceramics industry in Stoke-on-Trent, is a classic story of deindustrialization. It was driven by a shift from coal to gas, global competition, and foreign counterfeits, leaving behind a landscape of abandoned factories and iconic bottle kilns.
