David Elers
b. 1656?
Dutch-born silversmith and potter. Came to London with his brother, John Philip, in the 1680s. They had a pottery at Vauxhall producing slipcast salt-glaze stoneware, and from about 1690 until 1700 a pottery at Bradwell Wood in Staffordshire producing red stoneware. The brothers were famous for their innovative techniques.
Source
G. Elliott 1998.
Bibliography
Elliott, Gordon. 1998. John and David Elers and their contemporaries. London: Jonathan Horne Publications.
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