Artistic Porcelain Company

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In operation    1896-1909

Wares

ElectricalHardware

Porcelain knobs, caster wheels and electrical specialties (Trenton Board of Trade 1900)

Doorknobs and caster wheels (Industrial Directory 1901)

Porcelain goods (Industrial Directory 1906)

Electrical Porcelain (Industrial Directory 1909, 1912)

Notes

“Artistic Porcelain Co. forfeited its charter in 1900.”

— Secretary of State. 1914.  Corporations of New Jersey, List of Certificates to December 31, 1911.  MacCrellish & Quigley, Trenton, New Jersey.

Selected References

Trenton Board of Trade. 1900.  Industrial Trenton and Vicinity.  George A. Wolf Publishers, Wilmington, Delaware.

Secretary of State. 1914.  Corporations of New Jersey, List of Certificates to December 31, 1911.  MacCrellish & Quigley, Trenton, New Jersey.

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

Other Names

Artistic Porcelain Company; Artistic Pottery Works; Artistic Porcelain Works

Historic Street Address:
Cedar Lane and Chambers Street (Broad St. Park); William Street corner of Chambers Street

Municipality:
Hamilton Township

Image Gallery

Artistic Porcelain, 1900 Industrial Trenton (Wolf p. 81 bottom)
Artistic Porcelain Company, 1900 Industrial Trenton (Wolf p. 81 bottom)

Map Gallery

Artistic Porcelain Company, 1908 Sanborn
Map References

Lathrop, J. M. 1905.   Atlas of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton. A.H. Mueller & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Plate 13: shown as “Artistic 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.  (Plate 163: shown as “Artistic Porcelain Co.”