Elite Pottery
In operation 1903-1935
Wares
Sinks and lavatories (Industrial Directory 1909)
Sanitary earthenware (Industrial Directory 1912, 1918, 1927)
Plumbers’ earthenware (Industrial Directory 1931)
Notes
“Elite Pottery was founded in 1901 by G.W. Page, Samuel Bedson, and Louis J. Deihl for the production of sanitary wares.”
— Robinson, Dorothy and Bill Feeny. 1980. The Official Price Guide to American Pottery & Porcelain. House of Collectibles, Orlando, Florida.
Selected References
Fitzgerald, Thomas F. 1903-1935. 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.
“Elite Pottery is Enjoined.” 1906. State Gazette, April 9, 1906.
Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s First Potteries.” Sunday Times Advertiser, July 7, 14, 21 and 28, 1929.
Robinson, Dorothy and Bill Feeny. 1980. The Official Price Guide to American Pottery & Porcelain. House of Collectibles, Orlando, Florida.
Other firms at this site:
Other Names
Elite Pottery Company, Inc.; Elite Pottery
Block and Lot:
210B/2, 6, 13
Historic Street Address:
Enterprise Avenue near Pennsylvania Railroad
Municipality:
City of Trenton
Map Gallery
Map References
Bourquin, F., and C. C. Haven. 1873-1880. Enterprise Land Company Plan of Building Lots and Manufacturing Sites Lying Between Brunswick Avenue and Clinton Street, East Trenton, N.J. Enterprise Land Company, Trenton, New Jersey. (Shown as “Elite Pottery Co.”)
Lathrop, J. M. 1905. Atlas of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton. A.H. Mueller & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Plate 16: shown as “Elite 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 41: shown as “Elite Pottery Co.”)
Sanborn Map Company. 1927. Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York. (Vol. 1, plate 449: shown as “Elite Pottery Co.”)
Franklin Survey Co. 1930. Real Estate Plat‑Book of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Franklin Survey Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Plate 48: shown as “Elite Pottery”)