Bottle with a thistle medallion ca. 1675-76 Factory of John Dwight British John Dwight was the first Englishman to successfully produce salt-glazed stoneware, for which he obtained a patent in 1672. While still a student at Oxford, Dwight worked with scientists Robert Hooke and Robert Boyle, and began to experiment with ceramics. In addition to producing sculptural ceramics, Dwights Fulham Pottery produced vessels that emulated Rhenish bellarmine jugs. Dwight took legal actions against many of his competitors, but despite his efforts, salt-glazed stoneware was produced by other British potteries in Lambeth, Nottingham, Bristol, and Staffordshire.John Dwights role in producing and marketing British salt-glazed stoneware speaks to the rise of entrepreneurship in the British ceramic industry. Dwight bottles with "loyal" British medallions are extremely rare, and demonstrate how Dwight transformed a German form into something essentially British. Typically there would be three medallions