Weller Pottery

Originally, his business consisted of a small cabin and one beehive kiln, and Weller produced flower pots, bowls, crocks, and vases.

From 1902−1907, Jacques Sicard and Henri Gellie worked at Weller's pottery to develop a metallic glaze, which had been introduced by Clement Massier in France by 1889, as Reflets Metalliques.

[1] In 1903 and 1904, Frederick Hurten Rhead worked for a short time at Weller Pottery, developing Jap Birdimal line in 1904.

He left in 1904 to become Roseville Pottery's first art director, and later designed the very popular Fiesta line for Homer Laughlin China Company.

At the St. Louis Exposition in 1904, Weller had huge display, including a 7.5 ft (2.3 m) vase, and a working studio, complete with a kiln.

[4] From 1937−1948, Walter Hughes, a ceramic engineer and former employee at American Encaustic Tiling Company, was Weller Pottery's last president.

Vase by Jacques Sicard, c. 1903-1907
Weller Pottery building at the 1904 World's Fair
Vase, Weller Pottery, Zanesville, Ohio, c. 1905, glazed earthenware
Portrait Plaque, 1902–07, "Molded red earthenware body modeled in low relief with a Pre-Raphaelitesque left profile of a woman ... Decoration of metallic lustres on an iridescent ground, predominately in shades of purple and green."
Vase, 1902–07, "Buff-gray clay body, cast. Slightly bulbous body, tapering to neck with crimped molded leaf rim ... Design on front and back of honeysuckle blossoms and vines against a random dot pattern painted in gold. Iridescent background shades... Interior covered with lustrous copper-red glaze. Bottom glazed a greenish-yellow high glaze; unglazed foot rim. Cracklature."