Apsley Pellatt

Apsley Pellatt (27 November 1791 – 17 August 1863) was an English glassware manufacturer and politician. He was the son of glassware maker Apsley Pellatt (1763–1826) and Mary (née Maberly) Pellatt. Glassmaking career He joined the family glass-making company of Pellatt and Green in 1811. He took over the London-based glass-works on his father's death, renaming it Apsley Pellatt & Co. His main interest lay in the chemistry of glass-making. In 1819, he took out his first patent for the manufacture of "sulfides" or Cameo Incrustations. Pellatt originally called them "Crystallo-Ceramie," reflecting their French origin. The process involved the embedding of ceramic figurines into the glass sides of paperweights, jugs, decanters, etc., by cutting a hole in the hot glass, sliding in the insert, and resealing the glass afterward.