Creamware Staffordshire, according to one early historian, although this is disputed. The method involved first firing the ware to a biscuit state, and then glazing and re-firing it. Foremost of the pioneers of creamware in the Staffordshire Potteries was Thomas Whieldon. Although he has become popularly associated almost exclusively with tortoiseshell creamware, in fact he produced a wide variety of creamware. He first mentions ‘Cream Colour’ in 1749. The young Josiah Wedgwood was in partnership with Thomas Whieldon from 1754 to 1759 and after Wedgwood had left to set up independently at Ivy House, he immediately directed his efforts to the
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