Etruria Pottery1871-1892
“It is due Messrs. Ott & Brewer to say that they have done more to elevate…
Appears in Census
Wares
Dates in Operation
“It is due Messrs. Ott & Brewer to say that they have done more to elevate…
“Isaac Davis came to this country in 1862 from Staffordshire, England. He was employed by W.…
“The Mercer Pottery was built in the year 1868. It is one of the finest and…
“In the year 1875, Mr. James Moses (formerly secretary and treasurer of the Glasgow Pottery Company)…
“The National Pottery, a two kiln plant on East Canal Street, near State Street, was totally…
“Mr. Wm. T. Lee has assumed entire control of the Washington Pottery, and will continue to…
“Fire on Sunday, — The alarm of fire about noon on Sunday was caused by a…
“The Trenton Potteries Co. was formed in 1894 from five potteries including Enterprise which had been…
The pottery was torn down by 1920 and replaced by dwellings. — Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s…
“In 1856 Mr. Yates bought the property from Mr. Hattersley. It was then leased to James…
“The name of the Glasgow Pottery is widely known throughout this country in connection with the…
“In 1867, Mr. C.S. Cook became the sole proprietor and continued the business up to August,…
“William Young was the first potter to attempt the manufacture of porcelain in Trenton.” — Denker,…
September 11, 1866: Bloor, Ott & Co. – “fair business … credit fair … have been…
“Within several years after his [John Moses] death, the remaining members of the family sold the…
“The second pottery was built by Mr. Attersley [sic], on the property where the establishment of…
“Fire Last Evening. — About six o’clock last evening a fire broke out in the packing…
“This business was established in 1878 as the Hope China Works, which were succeeded by the…
“Following the demise of the Ott & Brewer Company, the Cook Pottery Company was formed February…
“Manufacturers of bath accessories.” — Robinson, Dorothy and Bill Feeny. 1980. The Official Price Guide to…
City directories indicate that the Mitchell-Bissell Company was operating elsewhere between 1917 and 1919 (on Prospect…
“This company was originally founded in Brooklyn in 1912 and moved to Trenton in 1916 when…
The Healy Pottery was organized in 1923 and operated two kilns. — Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s…
“The business carried on prior to 1872 was the manufacture of table ware. In that year…
“Business was conducted under the different partnership names and also as ‘Kenyon City Pottery,’ ‘Trenton City…
On August 8, 1909 fire severely damaged the property. The old stone still house was partly…
In 1860 “He [Henry Speeler] purchased the foundry and machine shop established by Bottom and Tiffany…
“The first of the present year they found their factory inadequate to produce goods to fill…
“In 1888, the Sanitary Pottery, between known as the Broad Street Pottery, was started on the…
The pottery began operating in 1857 as “William Young & Co.”, and in 1858 as “William…
“In March, 1860, Millington and Astbury sold their interest in the pottery to the Youngs and…
“Henry Speeler died in 1871 and the family continued to run the pottery until 1872 when…
“The rapid growth of the Willets’ Manufacturing Company’s works is probably the best indication of the…
“The Walton’s Sanitary Pottery Company began operations in the buildings formerly connected with the Walton brick…
Excelsior Pottery Company forfeited its charter in 1910.
“New Pottery on the Co-operative Plan. — A party of operative potters, sanitary and druggists’ ware…
“The Sanitary Earthenware Company was incorporated on March 4, 1897 to make the highest grade of…
In February 1922, reported that the General Chinaware Corporation had acquired the Willets pottery plant. —…
“Pottery Notes. — Mr. Edward Clarke, recently one of the most prominent potters in the Staffordshire…
In the 1920s, the Trenton Potteries Company was acquired by the Crane Company, but continued to…
“The International Pottery Company’s works is another large establishment founded on the modest beginning of the…
“On July 1st, 1868, a stock company was formed, and the works were improved and doubled…
This pottery moved to 31 Muirhead Avenue around 1926.
“In 1862 or 1863, Messrs. I & C. Moore converted a distillery which they had been…
“In 1892, the Empire Pottery joined with four other potteries to create the Trenton Potteries Company.…
“The Trenton Fireclay and Porcelain Co. was the last of a series of terracotta and porcelain…
“In the spring of 1863, Mr. Charles Coxon built two kilns on the present site, which…
“In July 1869, about six years after he had started the enterprise which met with such…
“Messrs. Alpaugh, Magowan & Co. are to be complimented on the happy fortune of being able…
“The pottery started on June 1, 1864 with production commencing about 1866. The company was operated…
The pottery was operated by James E. Norris. Area of approximately 440′ x 550′ on the…
The neighboring Sanitary Earthenware Specialty Company expanded its operations sometime after 1912 to take over this…
“In 1926, Anchor Pottery closed down and the property was acquired by Fulper Pottery Co. of…
“The American Crockery Company have the distinctive honor of having been the first pottery in the…
In 1887 the company was succeeded by the Clark Brothers Pottery Company which later became the…
“This company manufactures all varieties of fire-brick, salt-glazed, drain- and sewer-pipe, chimney tops and flues, and…
“In 1895, they [the Trenton Fireclay & Porcelain Company] began making all the porcelain requirements of…
“Since the reorganization of the Union Pottery Company there has been that marked change in the…
In 1895 John Maddock established his Coalport Works here and made sanitary ware… This site was…
“The Star Pottery Company, of which William H. Potts was president, was located on the site…
“In 1890 partners by the names of Barlow & Marsh started the Crown Porcelain Works to…
“In the fall of 1883 the Trent Faience Works was about to be set up as…
“Now in a plant that formerly housed Resolute Pottery in Trenton, NJ, American Goldscheider, Inc. produces…
“The first high-voltage porcelain for line insulators (plastic process) made in the United States, was produced…
“The Eagle Pottery was erected in 1876 by Richard Millington, one of the pioneers of the…
“Messrs. Burroughs & Mountford manufacture extensively American thin porcelain, thin white granite, hotel porcelain, decorated dinner,…
“The Eagle Pottery was later acquired by the Greenwood China Co. and eventually became a part…
It [the Eagle Pottery] was finally known as Mutual Potteries in 1929. — Harney, W.J. 1929.…
“In the manufacture of Rockingham and Yellow Ware the Mayer Brothers excel. Their manufactures consist of…
“In 1879, W. Kimble commenced the manufacture of chinaware and porcelain hardware trimmings at works which…
Ceramic Allied Products merged with the Cook Pottery Co. in 1932 and together these two made…
“The Dale and Davis Pottery was established in 1880, on Prospect Street, near the Bound Brook…
In 1903 the plant was sold to the Cook Pottery Co. and became known as Cook’s…
The shell of Hill Refrigeration Co. Plant #2 is a remnant of this pottery. In 1932…
“The Trenton China Company have succeeded in improving the color of their vitrified goods and bringing…
Advertisement: “Lamberton Works making Dainty Dinner sets for home use, rolled edge China for Hotel use,…
“DeVegh designed many of [Scammell’s] Art Deco figurines, as he was also to do for Lenox,…
“J. Bentley Pope and James G. Lee who have been connected with the Union Pottery, last…
“This company was incorporated July 26, 1881, with C.H. Cook, president, and D.S. Hancock, secretary and…
The Crescent Pottery became part of the Trenton Potteries Company Group in 1892. — Harney, W.J.…
“Chief designers and modellers were Isaac Broome (beginning in 1883) and William Wood Gallimore (beginning in…
“In about 1886, Thomas Connelly, formerly of the Irish factory [Belleek], began to experiment with the…
The pottery was purchased by the Trenton Potteries Company in 1892. — Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s…
“In 1886, the Providential Tile Works at Enterprise Avenue and Cherry Street was in operation. In…
“Equitable was founded in 1888 by Andrew Cochran, John Leukel, and Jonathan Coxon. They made sanitary…
The Equitable Pottery became a part of the Trenton Potteries Company in 1892.
This pottery was initially established by C.W. Donaghue in 1889 and made stilts and spurs. From…
“This company was founded in 1939 by Stephen J. Judnak and Joseph Przechacki. Products include porcelain…
“Jonathan Coxon, Sr., who served as superintendent of the Ott & Brewer plant during most of…
“Lenox dinnerware ultimately achieved a degree of acceptance accorded only the finest of its foreign competitors.…
The American Art China Company (also known as Rittenhouse & Evans) was established in 1891. The…
The American Porcelain Works was founded in 1895 by N.W. Boch. — Robinson, Dorothy and Bill…
“This concern makes a specialty of Plumbers’ Sanitary Earthenware, being one of the oldest concerns in…
“Charles H. Baker and J Harris Cogill founded Fidelity in 1902 to manufacture sanitary items.” —…
This site appears to have been absorbed by the Circle F Manufacturing Company sometime between 1919…
“The artistic brilliance of this company was not matched by its commercial acumen and the company…
“Bellmark was founded in 1893 by Sidney, Robert and Hughes Oliphant. They manufactured plumbers’ and druggists…
“Morris continued in pottery production at this location for perhaps another ten years under the name…
By 1929 the company had five kilns. — Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s First Potteries.” Sunday Times…
Bottle kilns were still standing at this site in the 1930s. — City of Trenton Tax…
“The Star Porcelain Company was established in 1899 and moved to this site prior to 1905.…
“Anderson Mfg. Co. Trenton, N.J. has been incorporated with $100,000 capital stock to build a pottery.…
“Central Porcelain Works forfeited the company charter in 1909.” — Secretary of State. 1914 Corporations of…
The Electric Porcelain Manufacturing Company moved to this site by 1917 (from 315 Monmouth Street) and…
The Whitehead Pottery moved to the Central Porcelain Company site on New York Avenue around 1929.
“Perlee was made in Trenton in the late 1920s, and possibly went under during the Depression.…
“Fairfacts manufactured bath accessories. After they went out of business Bay Ridge bought their machines and…
“The business of the Enterprise Pottery, on New York Avenue, was established in 1880. Earthenware closets,…
“In the early Seventies, John Salt and his family were operating a small one kiln pottery…
By February 1922, Unitco Pottery Company had organized in Trenton with capital of $125,000 to manufacture…
“A fire broke out about three o’clock this morning at the little pottery on Clinton Street,…
“Keystone made vitreous china and sanitary specialties beginning c. 1892. Company officers included James H. Lyons,…
Built on the site of the Trenton Lock and Hardware Company plant. The pottery was established…
“Artistic Porcelain Co. forfeited its charter in 1900.” — Secretary of State. 1914. Corporations of New…
The company manufactured “High grade Vitrified Porcelain for Electrical Purposes; such as Battery Bushings, Arc Hanger…
The Economy Pottery, located in Deutzville, manufactured sanitary ware and decorated jardinieres. It also solicited the…
“The Monument Pottery Company are the only producers of the celebrated Monument Porcelain Ware, such as…
This company was originally established in Corona, Long Island in 1863 as the French China Works.…
Acme Sanitary Pottery Company was founded in 1901 by Messrs. James A. Dorety, John Meagher and…
“Elite Pottery was founded in 1901 by G.W. Page, Samuel Bedson, and Louis J. Deihl for…
The National Porcelain Company removed to the Excelsior Pottery site by 1915. — Harney, W.J. 1929.…
“This current company is located on Frazier Street and manufactures lamp bases.” — Robinson, Dorothy and…
This pottery has the same address as the Walton Company Pottery (later a part of the…
This pottery has the same address as the original location of the Sanitary Earthenware Specialty Company…
“The late John S. McCully, one of Trenton’s oldest potters, informed Mr. McCormick that the first…
“The new pottery commenced operations in 1852 under the name of ‘Taylor and Speeler.’ The equal…
“The first pottery in Trenton was established about thirteen years ago by Mr. Taylor of the…
“Samuel E. Thropp and J. Hart Brewer were co-owners of the Fell & Thropp Company c.1889-1892.…
“John H. Brewer, who was anxious to continue in the pottery business after the failure of…
“Although the pottery was still referred to as the Trenton Pottery, the company was known as…
“Davis operated his pottery until September 1887 when he sold it for $30,000 to a newly…
There is considerable confusion between this pottery, located on the corner of North Clinton Avenue (the…
“We were shown yesterday an exquisite piece of artistic Parian. It is the handiwork of Mr.…
“Leon Weil founded the Eureka Pottery in Trenton in 1883. The pottery had a short life,…
It is speculated that this pottery occupied the same site as John Salt’s pottery.
“In 1878, Elias Cook erected these works near the Belvidere and Delaware Railroad, on Railroad Avenue.…
“Cordey China was founded in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1942 by Boleslaw Cybis, a Polish painter…
“Edward Marshall Boehm founded a studio pottery in Trenton in 1949. His first workshop was on…
“Cordey China was founded in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1942 by Boleslaw Cybis, a Polish painter…