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The commemorative pieces volition people the coronation of King Charles connected 6 May
Work to make tableware marking the coronation of King Charles III is nether mode astatine a pottery steadfast with a past of products commemorating royal events.
Workers astatine the Emma Bridgewater mill successful Stoke-on-Trent are engaged making hand-painted plates, mugs and teapots.
The designs see sponge-printed motifs for which the marque is known, arsenic good arsenic lithograph transfers.
The mill previously made ceramics to people the Queen's funeral and expects a large request from collectors.
"It's precise peculiar - we person a longstanding past and contented successful the pottery manufacture of commemorative royal events," said Stephen Beeston, heard of production.
"We are expecting a large request and probably, if past is thing to spell by, with the events that we've marked before, it volition relationship for a large portion of what we're doing."
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Image caption,The King and Queen Consort visited the mill successful 2010
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Image caption,The designs are hand-painted by workers successful Stoke-on-Trent
The tableware volition people the King's coronation connected 6 May.
King Charles has antecedently visited the mill connected Lichfield Street during a travel with the Queen Consort successful 2010.
The present Princess of Wales, Kate, besides visited the pottery successful 2015.
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Image caption,The postulation includes plates, teapots and half-pint mugs
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Image caption,The mill is expecting a large request from collectors
Mr Beeston said the royal household "held a precise peculiar spot present successful our hearts astatine Emma Bridgewater".
He added: "The pottery manufacture has a longstanding contented producing commemorative ware that goes backmost astir apt to the mid-17th century.
"We person the practice here, we person the expertise, and we're precise arrogant to beryllium associated with the royal family."
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Image caption,The pottery antecedently made commemorative tableware to people the Queen's funeral
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Image caption,Mr Beeston said the pottery manufacture had a contented of marking royal events
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