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Three Staffordshire potteries have closed this year, and Dunoon's director Alan Smith said it was "entirely possible" that Dunoon could be next.

It was the latest blow to the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent, a city affectionately known as The Potteries.

On Wednesday, Stoke-on-Trent's MPs, the GMB trade union and the industry body Ceramics UK will meet Industry Minister Sarah Jones to call for urgent action to save the potteries.

In 1928, May Rindge began building a great family mansion, Laudamus Hill, with lavish appointments like carved mahogany doors and tile from her own Malibu Potteries.

The Royal Stafford brand was established in 1845 and the firm described itself as one of the handful of potteries with all production taking place in England.