Created process for forming pottery from dry clay dust by the application of pressure; father of Richard Bissell Prosser (1838-1918);
lived Baskerville Place, Birmingham; later lived 18 Broad Street, Birmingham; worked in the button, nail, welding and metal tube trades;
1831 - invented and patented a coffin or bullion nail with brass head covering;
1835 - patented process for casting nails;
1840 - patented process for producing 'agate' buttons;
many other patents for tubes
Metal tube works in Cambridge Street