Etruria, a village of Staffordshire, England, between Burslem and Hanley, with (1881) 4785 inhabitants. Here, on 13th June 1769, Josiah Wedgwood (q.v.) and Thomas Bentley (1731-80) opened their celebrated Etruria potteries, so named after the Etruscan ware.
Etruria
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 450
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