Acme Sanitary Pottery

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In operation    1901-1928

Wares

Sanitary

Sanitary ware of vitreous china, sanitary earthenware (Industrial Directory 1906)

Sanitary earthenware (Industrial Directory 1912, 1918, 1927)

Notes

Acme Sanitary Pottery Company was founded in 1901 by Messrs. James A. Dorety, John Meagher and S.P. Deasy.

— Robinson, Dorothy and Bill Feeny. 1980. The Official Price Guide to American Pottery & Porcelain.  House of Collectibles, Orlando, Florida.

Selected References

Fitzgerald, Thomas F. 1902, 1904-1928.  Fitzgerald’s Trenton and Mercer County Directory, Together with a Directory of Bordentown, Burlington, Mount Holly and Lambertville, NJ.  Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Trenton, New Jersey.

Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s First Potteries.” Sunday Times Advertiser, July 7, 14, 21 and 28, 1929.

Podmore, Harry S. 1951. “Acme Sanitary Pottery.” Sunday Times Advertiser, May 27, 1951.

Robinson, Dorothy and Bill Feeny. 1980.  The Official Price Guide to American Pottery & Porcelain.  House of Collectibles, Orlando, Florida.

Other Names

Acme Sanitary Pottery Company; Acme Sanitary Pottery

Historic Street Address:
May and Beakes Street; May near Ingham Avenue; May near Kirkbride

Municipality:
Ewing Township

Map Gallery

Acme Sanitary Pottery, 1905 Lathrop
Acme Sanitary Pottery, 1908 Sanborn
Acme Sanitary Pottery, 1927 Sanborn Map
Map References

Lathrop, J. M. 1905.   Atlas of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton. A.H. Mueller & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Plate 17: shown as “Acme Sanitary Pottery Co.”)

Sanborn Map Company.  1908.  Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, Volume 1. Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York. (Vol. 1, plate 66: shown as “Acme Sanitary Pottery”)

Sanborn Map Company.  1927.  Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York.  (Vol. 3, plate 315: shown as “Acme Sanitary Pottery”)