Sprigging (pottery) the Fulham Pottery or the German-born Elers brothers were first is uncertain. They used metal moulds, which tend to leave a thin line impressed into the body around the outline of the sprig. White Chinese Dehua porcelain cups and pots with sprigged prunus (plum/cherry) blossom decoration were copied by several European porcelain factories in the mid-18th century, from Meissen and Sèvres to Bow. Sprigging was used extensively in the Staffordshire potteries on a variety of wares and reached a height with Josiah Wedgwood's Jasperware, and his replica of the Portland Vase in 1790, which fully exploited the possibilities of contrasting
Weller Pottery Grant divorced from Weller’s daughter Ethel, Weller's other son-in-law, Irvin Smith, (married to Louise) became president from 1933−1937. By 1935, freehand decoration had ended at Weller Pottery; from 1935−1948, Weller produced simplified embossed lines. From 1937−1948, Walter Hughes, a ceramic engineer and former employee at American Encaustic Tiling Company, was Weller Pottery’s last president. During 1947−1948, Essex Wire Corporation acquired a controlling share in Weller, closing the pottery in 1948. Woodcraft 1920−1933 Hudson 1920's−mid 1930s Voile early 1920s−1938 Alvin 1928 Glendale through the 1920s Silvertone through the 1920s Ceramic art Weller Pottery In 1872, Samuel A. Weller founded Weller Pottery