1890s

Sebring Pottery Co. (1887-1940) was founded by the five Sebring brothers.  The five kiln pottery was successful enough to add a second plant of six kilns built in the East End of East Liverpool Ohio called the Klondike facility because of its distrance from the center of town.  Sebring Pottery was so successful that the brothers bought land in Ohio in 1898 and built their own city, christened Sebring, which became the site of their potteries.  Tea Leaf products were made in East Liverpool not Sebring Ohio.

The Potters Cooperative (aka TPC) was started by a group of disgruntled potters who had been locked out of their potteries after trying to form a Pottery Workers Union.  The facility operated from 1882 to 1925.  The facility used was at the Dresden Works which accounts for the number of pieces marked with Dresden's backstamp.  H. A. McNicol (see McNicol, Burton and D. E. McNicol) became President when the other potters returned to their original works.  

Pioneer Pottery Co. (1884-1900) was founded by Hamer Michaels, I. B. Clark and George Morley.  Before 1884 they operated a two kiln pottery in Wellsville, West Virginia as Morley & Co.  Morley withdrew in 1884 and the pottery continued under the name Pioneer Pottery until 1890 when the pottery closed.  Then this pottery becamee known as Wellsville China Co.

Ott & Brewer (1871-1893) was founded by Jospeh Ott and his nephew, John Hart Brewer.  They took over the pottery facility of Bloor, Ott and Brewer when William Bloor returned to East Liverpool Ohio. changing the name to Ott & Brewer.  The pottery was known as the Eturia facility.  Ott was a well known businessman of Trenton and Brewer was a potter.  The company was recognized as outstanding makers of ironstone as well as developers of American Belleek, winning prizes in the 1876 Centennial Exposition.

Onondaga Pottery (1871-1966) was organized by a group of businessmen who bought the Empire pottery works for the production of white ware.  The production of irsonstone was discontinued in 1893.  In 1966 the pottery was sold to Syracuse China Co. which is still in business, specializing in kitchen, hotel and restaurant ware. 
Only one known piece decorated in the Tea Leaf motif has been found so far. 

McNicol, Burton & Co. was founded by Adolph Fritz, William McClure, John McNicol, Patrick McNicol, William Burton Sr., William Burton Jr. and John Dover.  Within 6 months Fritz and McClure withdrew.  Later John Dover retired and John McNicol sold his interest to his sons, D. E. and H. A.  The company was a very successful pottery, expanding to the point where it employed 40 workers.  The company ceased to exist as McNicol, Burton & Co. on the death of Burton Sr. and the retirment of Burton Jr.  In 1892 it became the D. E. McNicol Pottery Co.

The original Harker Pottery was founded early in 1840 but they did not begin producing whiteware until 1879.  Three generations of Harkers were involved in these potteries.  The first was Benjamin who hired John Goodwin to teach his sons, Benjamin Jr. and George S.  It was George's son, W. W., who started the production of whiteware.  Although Harker Pottery remained in business until 1972, it became the Harker China Co. in 1890 and started producing semi-porcelain. 

This pottery was formed by three brothers, James H., George, and Henry S. Goodwin after the death of their father, John, in 1875.  John was a long time potter in East Liverpool Ohio and Trenton New Jersey.  The pottery was in business from 1875 through 1913 but only produced Tea Leaf decorated ironstone between 1885 and 1898.
In additon to making pieces for home use, this pottery produced hotel ware.

Glasgow Pottery was established by John Moses in 1863.  John, along with Isaac Weatherby and Samuel K. Wilson constructed the factory on a site of a very old pottery that had been razed.  John's brother, James, joined the company for a short time as well.  While the pottery was in existence between 1863 and 1905, Tea Leaf decorated ironstone was created between 1893 and 1895.  During its operation, this pottery was considered to be of a quality equal to that of English potteries.

Ford China Co. was founded in 1898 by John Wick, Jr. and Captain John B. Ford for whom the town where the factory was located was named.  Later on the pottery came into the hands of Pennsylvania China Co.  "Turin" may have been the body style name for their tea leaf wares.