The potters are listed in roughly chronological order; only the first member of a family which established a Hafner (potter’s) lineage is listed.
Georg Vest | Early 16th century |
Thomas Eyll (or Eull) | Late 16th century |
Lorentz Speckner | Late 16th century |
Johannes Vogell | Early 17th century |
Leonhard Schmidt | Early 17th century |
Johann Christoph Seller | Mid-17th century |
Bartel Pohler | Mid-17th century |
Balthasar Sailer | Late 17th century |
Friedrich Wilhelm Kiessling | Early 18th century |
Thomas Domayer | Mid-18th century |
Johann Paulus Stübinger | Mid-18th century |
Jakob Eyrich | Mid-18th century |
Johann Georg Schmidt | Mid-18th century |
Note: Georg Vest, head of the Vest “Dynasty” of potters, was the first potter of note to be listed in Kreussen; he arrived there from Vienna in 1512. Johann Georg Schmidt is generally taken to be the last famous Kreussen potter. He took his own life in 1760.