Stoke-on-Trent Museum's "Key Dates in the English Pottery Industry" dates the first use of sprigging in Britain at 1693–1699 by the Elers brothers,"Sprig Molded Decoration". Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland. Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab. 26 October 2015., but Dwight pieces using it are often dated in the 1680s. See Poole, 36–38
