Artus Van Briggle worked as a decorator at the Rookwood Pottery in Ohio until he had to move West for his health. He opened the Van Briggle Pottery in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1901. When he died in 1904, his wife, Anne, who had also been a decorator at Rookwood, took over management of the pottery.
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