The S-O-T clay is white with brown Rockingham glaze. Chatsford makes
a teapot with Rockingham glaze but I can't vouch for the clay. A
traditional BB is 8 cups. Chatsfords are smaller with built in
infuser. BB you use an external strainer. You can buy teapots from
S-O-T with Rockingham glaze from other potteries commonly referred too
as Staffordshire teapots. I think BB is synonymous with Arthur Wood
who is no longer in business. Besides the glaze and clay the other
characteristic is the 'pot bellied' walls which is noticeable in
larger pots. Nothing defines 'traditional' more than a BB.

Jim

"Bluesea" > wrote in message >...
> "Melinda" > wrote in message
> om...
> <snip>
> > I
> > know that the two are made from different materials (I gather)...terra
> > cotta for the BB vs. "china" (exclusively porcelaine?) for the
> > Chatsford. Also, is the BB not being made in England anymore...
>
> I had to eat and check my memory from back when I was considering a Brown
> Betty.
>
> It seems to me that since the Brown Betty is made of red clay from
> Stoke-on-Trent, it has to be made in England, in S-on-T, or it would be an
> imitation since that particular clay isn't obtainable elsewhere.
>
> Or, is it?