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The original Fife pottery closed in 1932, during the Great Depression, and the rights to Wemyss Ware were bought by the Bovey pottery in Devon. Karel Nekola's son Joseph, himself a designer, moved to Devon, where he carried on producing Wemyss Ware and training apprentices, including Esther Weeks. Joseph taught her the brand's famous 'cabbage rose' motif and other painting techniques he had learned from his father. When Josef died in 1952, Esther became head decorator and continued to paint Wemyss Ware until the Bovey Pottery closed in 1957.
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