Etruria Pottery1871-1892
“It is due Messrs. Ott & Brewer to say that they have done more to elevate…
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Mill Street Pottery1863-1872
“Isaac Davis came to this country in 1862 from Staffordshire, England. He was employed by W.…
Mercer Pottery1868-1875
“The Mercer Pottery was built in the year 1868. It is one of the finest and…
Mercer Pottery1875-1946
“In the year 1875, Mr. James Moses (formerly secretary and treasurer of the Glasgow Pottery Company)…
National Pottery1869-1872
“The National Pottery, a two kiln plant on East Canal Street, near State Street, was totally…
Lee’s Pottery1880-1886
“Mr. Wm. T. Lee has assumed entire control of the Washington Pottery, and will continue to…
Brearley and Stephens Pottery1862-1868
“Fire on Sunday, — The alarm of fire about noon on Sunday was caused by a…
Trenton Potteries Company (Enterprise Pottery)1892-1941
“The Trenton Potteries Co. was formed in 1894 from five potteries including Enterprise which had been…
Whitehead Pottery Company1929-1938
Star Porcelain Company1906-1918
The pottery was torn down by 1920 and replaced by dwellings. — Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s…
City Pottery1856-1859
“In 1856 Mr. Yates bought the property from Mr. Hattersley. It was then leased to James…
Glasgow Pottery1863-c.1906
“The name of the Glasgow Pottery is widely known throughout this country in connection with the…
East Trenton Pottery1867-1906
“In 1867, Mr. C.S. Cook became the sole proprietor and continued the business up to August,…
City Pottery1853-1856
“William Young was the first potter to attempt the manufacture of porcelain in Trenton.” — Denker,…
Etruria Pottery1863-1871
September 11, 1866: Bloor, Ott & Co. – “fair business … credit fair … have been…
Thomas Maddock’s Sons (Moses Plant)1906-1929
“Within several years after his [John Moses] death, the remaining members of the family sold the…
City Pottery1859-1875
“The second pottery was built by Mr. Attersley [sic], on the property where the establishment of…
Carroll Street Pottery1860-1878
“Fire Last Evening. — About six o’clock last evening a fire broke out in the packing…
Artistic China Company1878-1903
“This business was established in 1878 as the Hope China Works, which were succeeded by the…
Etruria Pottery1894-1932
“Following the demise of the Ott & Brewer Company, the Cook Pottery Company was formed February…
Globe Porcelain Company1913-1955+
“Manufacturers of bath accessories.” — Robinson, Dorothy and Bill Feeny. 1980. The Official Price Guide to…
Mitchell & Bissell Company Pottery1919-1941
City directories indicate that the Mitchell-Bissell Company was operating elsewhere between 1917 and 1919 (on Prospect…
Bay Ridge Specialty Company1916-1980+
“This company was originally founded in Brooklyn in 1912 and moved to Trenton in 1916 when…
Healy Pottery1923-1936
The Healy Pottery was organized in 1923 and operated two kilns. — Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s…
Eagle Electric Porcelain, Inc.1924-1930
American Electric Porcelain Company1927-1928
Hudson Porcelain Company1903-c.1904
Carroll Street Pottery1878-1929
“The business carried on prior to 1872 was the manufacture of table ware. In that year…
City Pottery1875-1882
“Business was conducted under the different partnership names and also as ‘Kenyon City Pottery,’ ‘Trenton City…
Imperial Porcelain Works1906-1944
On August 8, 1909 fire severely damaged the property. The old stone still house was partly…
Assunpink Pottery1860-1872
In 1860 “He [Henry Speeler] purchased the foundry and machine shop established by Bottom and Tiffany…
City Pottery1886-1929
“The first of the present year they found their factory inadequate to produce goods to fill…
Sanitary Pottery1888-1891
“In 1888, the Sanitary Pottery, between known as the Broad Street Pottery, was started on the…
William Young & Company’s Porcelain Works1856-1860
The pottery began operating in 1857 as “William Young & Co.”, and in 1858 as “William…
William Young’s Sons Pottery1860-1879
“In March, 1860, Millington and Astbury sold their interest in the pottery to the Youngs and…
Assunpink Pottery1872-1878
“Henry Speeler died in 1871 and the family continued to run the pottery until 1872 when…
Excelsior Pottery1879-1909
“The rapid growth of the Willets’ Manufacturing Company’s works is probably the best indication of the…
C.B. Walton Company Pottery1904-1912
“The Walton’s Sanitary Pottery Company began operations in the buildings formerly connected with the Walton brick…
New Jersey China Pottery Company1910 - c. 1918
Excelsior Pottery Company forfeited its charter in 1910.
Willet Hicks Pottery1880
“New Pottery on the Co-operative Plan. — A party of operative potters, sanitary and druggists’ ware…
Sanitary Earthenware Specialty Company1897-1938
“The Sanitary Earthenware Company was incorporated on March 4, 1897 to make the highest grade of…
National Porcelain Companyc. 1918 - 2002
In February 1922, reported that the General Chinaware Corporation had acquired the Willets pottery plant. —…
Lincoln Pottery1878-1879
“Pottery Notes. — Mr. Edward Clarke, recently one of the most prominent potters in the Staffordshire…
Trenton Potteries Company (Empire Pottery)1928-c.1938
In the 1920s, the Trenton Potteries Company was acquired by the Crane Company, but continued to…
International Pottery1879-1936
“The International Pottery Company’s works is another large establishment founded on the modest beginning of the…
Greenwood Pottery1868-1931
“On July 1st, 1868, a stock company was formed, and the works were improved and doubled…
Union Electrical Porcelain Works1901-1926
This pottery moved to 31 Muirhead Avenue around 1926.
Moore Pottery1862-1866
“In 1862 or 1863, Messrs. I & C. Moore converted a distillery which they had been…
Trenton Potteries Company (Empire Pottery)1892-1928
“In 1892, the Empire Pottery joined with four other potteries to create the Trenton Potteries Company.…
Trenton Fire-Clay & Porcelain Company1895-1915
“The Trenton Fireclay and Porcelain Co. was the last of a series of terracotta and porcelain…
Clinton Street Pottery1863-1869
“In the spring of 1863, Mr. Charles Coxon built two kilns on the present site, which…
Clinton Street Pottery1869-1883
“In July 1869, about six years after he had started the enterprise which met with such…
Empire Pottery1883-1892
“Messrs. Alpaugh, Magowan & Co. are to be complimented on the happy fortune of being able…
Trenton Potteries Company (Ideal Pottery)1900-1928
East Trenton Porcelain Company1864-1884
“The pottery started on June 1, 1864 with production commencing about 1866. The company was operated…
Anchor Pottery1884-1926
The pottery was operated by James E. Norris. Area of approximately 440′ x 550′ on the…
Acme Porcelain Works1901-1903
Sanitary Earthenware Specialty Company1913-1938
The neighboring Sanitary Earthenware Specialty Company expanded its operations sometime after 1912 to take over this…
Stangl Pottery1926-1978
“In 1926, Anchor Pottery closed down and the property was acquired by Fulper Pottery Co. of…
American Crockery Company1865-1887
“The American Crockery Company have the distinctive honor of having been the first pottery in the…
Trenton Potteries Company (Ideal Pottery)1928 - c. 1955
Globe Lamp and Pottery Works1888-1894
In 1887 the company was succeeded by the Clark Brothers Pottery Company which later became the…
Trenton Terra-Cotta Works1867-1895
“This company manufactures all varieties of fire-brick, salt-glazed, drain- and sewer-pipe, chimney tops and flues, and…
J.L. Mott Company1915-1932
“In 1895, they [the Trenton Fireclay & Porcelain Company] began making all the porcelain requirements of…
Union Pottery1882-1895
“Since the reorganization of the Union Pottery Company there has been that marked change in the…
John Maddock & Sons Coalport Works1895 - c. 1925
In 1895 John Maddock established his Coalport Works here and made sanitary ware… This site was…
Star Pottery1887-1888
“The Star Pottery Company, of which William H. Potts was president, was located on the site…
Operative Pottery1889-1890
Crown Porcelain Works1890-1893
“In 1890 partners by the names of Barlow & Marsh started the Crown Porcelain Works to…
Diamond Porcelain Company1900-1912
Trent Faience Works1883-1887
“In the fall of 1883 the Trent Faience Works was about to be set up as…
Goldscheider Pottery1940-1953
“Now in a plant that formerly housed Resolute Pottery in Trenton, NJ, American Goldscheider, Inc. produces…
Imperial Porcelain Works1892-1907
“The first high-voltage porcelain for line insulators (plastic process) made in the United States, was produced…
Eagle Pottery1876-1879
“The Eagle Pottery was erected in 1876 by Richard Millington, one of the pioneers of the…
Eagle Pottery1879-1901
“Messrs. Burroughs & Mountford manufacture extensively American thin porcelain, thin white granite, hotel porcelain, decorated dinner,…
Eagle Pottery1901-1921
“The Eagle Pottery was later acquired by the Greenwood China Co. and eventually became a part…
Trenton Potteries Company (Eagle Pottery)1921-1929
Mutual Potteries1929-1930+
It [the Eagle Pottery] was finally known as Mutual Potteries in 1929. — Harney, W.J. 1929.…
Arsenal Pottery1876 - c.1905
“In the manufacture of Rockingham and Yellow Ware the Mayer Brothers excel. Their manufactures consist of…
Standard China Works1879-1919
“In 1879, W. Kimble commenced the manufacture of chinaware and porcelain hardware trimmings at works which…
Connecticut Porcelain Company1920-c. 1929
Ceramic Allied Products1930-1934+
Ceramic Allied Products merged with the Cook Pottery Co. in 1932 and together these two made…
Prospect Hill Pottery1880-1903
“The Dale and Davis Pottery was established in 1880, on Prospect Street, near the Bound Brook…
Prospect Hill Pottery1903-1932
In 1903 the plant was sold to the Cook Pottery Co. and became known as Cook’s…
Prospect Hill Pottery1932-1955+
The shell of Hill Refrigeration Co. Plant #2 is a remnant of this pottery. In 1932…
Trenton China Company1880-1891
“The Trenton China Company have succeeded in improving the color of their vitrified goods and bringing…
Maddock Pottery Company (Lamberton Works)1892-1923
Advertisement: “Lamberton Works making Dainty Dinner sets for home use, rolled edge China for Hotel use,…
Scammell China Company (Lamberton Works)1923-1955
“DeVegh designed many of [Scammell’s] Art Deco figurines, as he was also to do for Lenox,…
Pope & Lee’s Pottery1888-1892
“J. Bentley Pope and James G. Lee who have been connected with the Union Pottery, last…
Trenton Porcelain Company1902-1924
Trenton Porcelain Company Works1925-1955+
Crescent Pottery1881-1892
“This company was incorporated July 26, 1881, with C.H. Cook, president, and D.S. Hancock, secretary and…
Trenton Potteries Company (Crescent Pottery)1892-1938
The Crescent Pottery became part of the Trenton Potteries Company Group in 1892. — Harney, W.J.…
Trent Tile Works1886-c.1914
“Chief designers and modellers were Isaac Broome (beginning in 1883) and William Wood Gallimore (beginning in…
Delaware Pottery1884-1892
“In about 1886, Thomas Connelly, formerly of the Irish factory [Belleek], began to experiment with the…
Trenton Potteries Company (Delaware Pottery)1892-1955+
The pottery was purchased by the Trenton Potteries Company in 1892. — Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s…
Climax Porcelain Company1917-1920
“In 1886, the Providential Tile Works at Enterprise Avenue and Cherry Street was in operation. In…
Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Company1921-c.1941
Equitable Pottery1888-1892
“Equitable was founded in 1888 by Andrew Cochran, John Leukel, and Jonathan Coxon. They made sanitary…
Trenton Potteries Company (Equitable Pottery)1892-1955+
The Equitable Pottery became a part of the Trenton Potteries Company in 1892.
Mercer Porcelain Company1925-c.1946
This pottery was initially established by C.W. Donaghue in 1889 and made stilts and spurs. From…
General Porcelain Manufacturing Company1939-present
“This company was founded in 1939 by Stephen J. Judnak and Joseph Przechacki. Products include porcelain…
Ceramic Art Company1889-1906
“Jonathan Coxon, Sr., who served as superintendent of the Ott & Brewer plant during most of…
Lenox Pottery1906-1954
“Lenox dinnerware ultimately achieved a degree of acceptance accorded only the finest of its foreign competitors.…
Ricketts & Hellyer’s Potteryc.1890-1891
American Art China Company1891-1895
The American Art China Company (also known as Rittenhouse & Evans) was established in 1891. The…
American Porcelain1895-1898
The American Porcelain Works was founded in 1895 by N.W. Boch. — Robinson, Dorothy and Bill…
Clark Street Potteryc.1890-1899
Adamant Porcelain Works1903-1904
Otto Muller Pottery1908
Egyptian Pottery1890-1902
“This concern makes a specialty of Plumbers’ Sanitary Earthenware, being one of the oldest concerns in…
Fidelity Pottery Company1902-1918
“Charles H. Baker and J Harris Cogill founded Fidelity in 1902 to manufacture sanitary items.” —…
Circle F Companyc.1919-c.1978
This site appears to have been absorbed by the Circle F Manufacturing Company sometime between 1919…
Columbian Art Pottery1892-1906
“The artistic brilliance of this company was not matched by its commercial acumen and the company…
Bellmark Pottery1893-1911
“Bellmark was founded in 1893 by Sidney, Robert and Hughes Oliphant. They manufactured plumbers’ and druggists…
Morris China Company1907-1917
“Morris continued in pottery production at this location for perhaps another ten years under the name…
Shaw Pottery1918-1920
Van Pottery Company1920-1934
By 1929 the company had five kilns. — Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s First Potteries.” Sunday Times…
B.O.T. Manufacturing Company1911-1936+
Bottle kilns were still standing at this site in the 1930s. — City of Trenton Tax…
Star Porcelain Company1900-2002
“The Star Porcelain Company was established in 1899 and moved to this site prior to 1905.…
Resolute Pottery1902 - c. 1940
“Anderson Mfg. Co. Trenton, N.J. has been incorporated with $100,000 capital stock to build a pottery.…
Central Porcelain Works1906-1909
“Central Porcelain Works forfeited the company charter in 1909.” — Secretary of State. 1914 Corporations of…
Electric Porcelain Manufacturing Company1917-1929
The Electric Porcelain Manufacturing Company moved to this site by 1917 (from 315 Monmouth Street) and…
Whitehead Pottery1922-1928
The Whitehead Pottery moved to the Central Porcelain Company site on New York Avenue around 1929.
Sun Porcelain Works1906-1912
General Porcelain Company1906-1918
Perlee Pottery1926-1932
“Perlee was made in Trenton in the late 1920s, and possibly went under during the Depression.…
Vitric China Company1933
Fairfacts Pottery1935-1954+
“Fairfacts manufactured bath accessories. After they went out of business Bay Ridge bought their machines and…
Enterprise Pottery1880-1892
“The business of the Enterprise Pottery, on New York Avenue, was established in 1880. Earthenware closets,…
Salt Potteryc.1870s
“In the early Seventies, John Salt and his family were operating a small one kiln pottery…
New Jersey Porcelain Company, Inc.1921-2002
Unitco Pottery Company1922-1925
By February 1922, Unitco Pottery Company had organized in Trenton with capital of $125,000 to manufacture…
Christie-Williams Company1923-1927
Hankinson Pottery1884-1886
“A fire broke out about three o’clock this morning at the little pottery on Clinton Street,…
Keystone Pottery1890-1935
“Keystone made vitreous china and sanitary specialties beginning c. 1892. Company officers included James H. Lyons,…
Greenwood China Company1890-c.1929
Built on the site of the Trenton Lock and Hardware Company plant. The pottery was established…
Artistic Porcelain Company1896-1909
“Artistic Porcelain Co. forfeited its charter in 1900.” — Secretary of State. 1914. Corporations of New…
Electric Porcelain and Manufacturing Company1896-1916
The company manufactured “High grade Vitrified Porcelain for Electrical Purposes; such as Battery Bushings, Arc Hanger…
Economy Pottery1896-1930+
The Economy Pottery, located in Deutzville, manufactured sanitary ware and decorated jardinieres. It also solicited the…
Monument Pottery1896-1929
“The Monument Pottery Company are the only producers of the celebrated Monument Porcelain Ware, such as…
American Porcelain Works1899-1912
This company was originally established in Corona, Long Island in 1863 as the French China Works.…
Acme Sanitary Pottery1901-1928
Acme Sanitary Pottery Company was founded in 1901 by Messrs. James A. Dorety, John Meagher and…
Elite Pottery1903-1935
“Elite Pottery was founded in 1901 by G.W. Page, Samuel Bedson, and Louis J. Deihl for…
National Porcelain Company1906-1914
The National Porcelain Company removed to the Excelsior Pottery site by 1915. — Harney, W.J. 1929.…
Woodbridge Pottery1926-1980+
“This current company is located on Frazier Street and manufactures lamp bases.” — Robinson, Dorothy and…
J.H. Balmer Company1926-1955+
Reliable Porcelain Company1928-1929
Cellose Products Company1931-1938
E.W. Turner Company1930-1931
Akson Sanitary Manufacturing Company1937-1938
This pottery has the same address as the Walton Company Pottery (later a part of the…
Quality Porcelain Enamel Manufacturing Company1938-1955+
Chadwick China Company1946
This pottery has the same address as the original location of the Sanitary Earthenware Specialty Company…
McCully’s Bank Street Pottery1816-1868
“The late John S. McCully, one of Trenton’s oldest potters, informed Mr. McCormick that the first…
Speeler, Taylor & Bloor Porcelain Works1852-1865
“The new pottery commenced operations in 1852 under the name of ‘Taylor and Speeler.’ The equal…
Trenton Pottery Works1865-1875
“The first pottery in Trenton was established about thirteen years ago by Mr. Taylor of the…
Trenton Pottery Works1889-1894
“Samuel E. Thropp and J. Hart Brewer were co-owners of the Fell & Thropp Company c.1889-1892.…
Hart-Brewer Pottery1894-c.1905
“John H. Brewer, who was anxious to continue in the pottery business after the failure of…
Trenton Pottery Works1875-1887
“Although the pottery was still referred to as the Trenton Pottery, the company was known as…
Davis and Dowd Pottery1887-1889
“Davis operated his pottery until September 1887 when he sold it for $30,000 to a newly…
Millham Road Potteryc.1866-c.1878
There is considerable confusion between this pottery, located on the corner of North Clinton Avenue (the…
Franklin Pottery1873-1883
“We were shown yesterday an exquisite piece of artistic Parian. It is the handiwork of Mr.…
Eureka Pottery1883-1887
“Leon Weil founded the Eureka Pottery in Trenton in 1883. The pottery had a short life,…
Whelan Pottery1887-1890
It is speculated that this pottery occupied the same site as John Salt’s pottery.
New Jersey Pottery Company1878-1882
“In 1878, Elias Cook erected these works near the Belvidere and Delaware Railroad, on Railroad Avenue.…
Cordey China Company1942-1980+
“Cordey China was founded in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1942 by Boleslaw Cybis, a Polish painter…
Boehm Porcelain1949-2013
“Edward Marshall Boehm founded a studio pottery in Trenton in 1949. His first workshop was on…
Cybis Porcelainc.1955-2013
“Cordey China was founded in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1942 by Boleslaw Cybis, a Polish painter…