274      POTTERY AND PORCELAIN.
George Scott, of Staffordshire, England, came to this
country about 1846, and shortly after settled in Cincinnati,
where for some time he sold goods for William Bromley.
It is said that, after saving some money, he imported a
thousand dollars' worth of queensware from England,
which he disposed of advantageously and with the pro-
ceeds purchased an old tavern on Front Street, and
changed it into a pottery. With the able assistance of
his wife, who was as capable a potter as he, a business
was established which soon yielded him a competency, and
after his death some years ago the firm's name was changed
to George Scott's Sons, under which style the business is
now carried on. This consists of the manufacture of a
high grade of white granite, cream-colored, decorated, and
printed table and toilet wares.
The Hamilton Road Pottery was founded by Messrs.
M. and N. Tempest, and in 1865 was purchased by Mr.
Frederick Dallas, who continued the business until his
death a few years ago. Here were made stone china and
the commoner wares. Some of the earliest experiments
of the ladies of Cincinnati were conducted at these works,
as we shall see hereafter, which marked the first step in
the development of the industry in that city.
Messrs. Tempest, Brockmann, & Co. commenced the
manufacture of common ware in Cincinnati in 1862, and
five years later first produced white ware. In 1881 a
stock company was organized, under the title of The
Tempest, Brockmann, & Sampson Pottery Co., and so
continued until 1887, when Mr. C. E. Brockmann, the
only surviving member of the original firm, bought the