This article is about glassware manufacturer Astley Pellatt.
Background
Foreign his father, Apsley Pellatt (1763–1826), see Apsley Pellatt (1763–1826). He was born the son of glassware maker Apsley Pellatt (1763–1826) and Mary (née Maberly) Pellatt. He took over the London-based glass-works on his father"s death, renaming it Apsley Pellatt & Company
Career
Apsley Pellatt (27 November 1791 – 17 August 1863) was an English glassware manufacturer and politician. He joined the family glass-making company of Pellatt and Green in 1811. 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, et cetera, by cutting a hole in the hot glass, sliding in the insert, and resealing the glass afterward.
Pellatt became the most famous and successful producers of sulfides in England from 1819 to the mid-century rivalled only by Baccarat in France. He described their manufacture in a book on glass-making entitled "Curiosities of Glassmaking" published in 1849.
Pellatt was a public-spirited man who for some years served on the Common Council of the City of London.
He held the seat until his defeat at the 1857 general election, and was unsuccessful when he stood again in 1859. He died in Balham in 1863 and was buried at Staines, where he had lived in later life.
Membership
16th United Kingdom Parliament]
He unsuccessfully contested Bristol at the 1847 general election, and was elected at the 1852 general election as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Southwark.