The Leeds Pottery range of pierced ware products are made by hand to designs first used by Leeds Pottery in Yorkshire in the 18th century. Today Leedsware is made in the heart of the Staffordshire Potteries, at Longton, which deserves to rank with Burslem as one of the most historic towns of the pottery centre. Each of these baskets requires a keen eye and a steady hand to turn a piece of clay into an object of beauty..