Egyptian Pottery

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In operation    1890-1902

Wares

Sanitary

plumbers’ sanitary earthenware (Trenton Board of Trade 1900:79)

Notes

“This concern makes a specialty of Plumbers’ Sanitary Earthenware, being one of the oldest concerns in that branch of the Pottery business, and their product finds a market all over the United States. They deal exclusively with Plumbers’ Supply Houses.”

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

Selected References

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

New Jersey Bureau of Industrial Statistics. 1901.  The Industrial Directory of New Jersey.  Trenton, New Jersey.

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

Podmore, Harry J. 1955. “Egyptian Pottery.” Sunday Times Advertiser, July 24, 1955.

Other firms at this site:

Other Names

Egyptian Pottery Company

Block and Lot:
196D/58

Historic Street Address:
10 Prince Street; Mead Street corner of Prince Street; 2-10 Prince Street; Prince & Mead

Municipality:
City of Trenton

Image Gallery

Egyptian Pottery Advertisement
Egyptian Pottery, 1900 Industrial Trenton (Wolf p. 79 bottom)

Map Gallery

Egyptian Pottery, 1890 Sanborn Map
Egyptian Pottery, 1890 Scarlett & Scarlett Map
Egyptian Pottery, 1890 Scarlett & Scarlett Map
Map References

Sanborn‑Perris Map Company.  1890.   Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Sanborn‑Perris Map Company, New York, New York.  (Plate 21: shown as “Egyptian”)

Scarlett & Scarlett.  1890.   Scarlett & Scarlett’s Fire Insurance Map of Mercer County.  Scarlett & Scarlett, Newark, New Jersey.  (Plates 61 and 77B: shown as “Egyptian Pottery”)