Brand > Burleigh
Burgess Dorling & Leigh Ltd makers of Burleigh ware.
Today, over 120 years after the factory was built, Burleigh a family owned business still produces all it’s ware at it’s Middleport works in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Their speciality is underglaze transfer printing and they are now the last English pottery company that still continues this traditional and highly skilled hand decorating process. They use ball clay from Devon; china clay from Cornwall to manufacture their unique products. Many of their designs are almost as old as the factory.
Calico is probably their most famous design having been stocked by Habitat in the 1960’s. Today 50 years later it is still in production.