Glasgow Pottery

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In operation    1863-c.1906

Wares

Cream colored wareHotel chinaMajolicaPorcelainRockinghamSanitaryTablewareToilet setsWhite graniteYellowware

Sanitary earthenware, china and porcelainware (Industrial Directory 1901)

Dinner, tea, toilet and decorated wares of every description (Newark Museum Association 1914)

Yellowware, Rockingham, cream-colored ware, white granite ware, majolica (Snyder and Bockol 1994:140)

Notes

“The name of the Glasgow Pottery is widely known throughout this country in connection with the John Hancock cups and saucers used at the Centennial Tea Parties, which were made extensively just previous to the Exhibition of 1876.”

— Newark Museum Association. 1914. The Work of The Potteries of New Jersey: From 1685 to 1876 , Being Extracts from ‘The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States,’ by Edwin Atlee Barber and Marks of New Jersey Potteries, as Reproduced from ‘Pottery,’ Published by The Thomas Maddock’s Sons Company.  Newark Museum Association, Newark, New Jersey.

 

Selected References

“The Manufactories of Trenton. Article II. The Pottery Trade.” Trenton State Gazette, Monday, August 27, 1866.

“A Fire.” Trenton State Gazette, Friday, August 9, 1867.

“Pottery Notes.” Trenton State Gazette, Monday, June 28, 1880.

Woodward, E.M. and John F. Hageman. 1883. “History of Burlington and Mercer Counties.” Everts and Peck, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Jervis, William P. 1897. “A Book of Pottery Marks.” Press of Hayes Bros., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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

Newark Museum Association. 1914.  The Work of The Potteries of New Jersey: From 1685 to 1876 , Being Extracts from ‘The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States,’ by Edwin Atlee Barber and Marks of New Jersey Potteries, as Reproduced from ‘Pottery,’ Published by The Thomas Maddock’s Sons Company.  Newark Museum Association, Newark, New Jersey.

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

Van Hoesen, Walter Hamilton. 1973.  Crafts and Craftsmen of New Jersey.  Associated University Presses, Inc., Cranbury, New Jersey.

Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 1989.  American Porcelain, 1770-1920.  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York.

Stern, Marc Jeffrey. 1994.  The Pottery Industry of Trenton: A Skilled Trade in Transition, 1850-1929.  Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Goldberg, David J. 1998.  Preliminary Notes on the Pioneer Potters and Potteries of Trenton, N.J.: The First Thirty Years – 1852 – 1882 (And Beyond).  Privately published, Trenton, New Jersey.

Other firms at this site:

Other Names

John Moses & Company; John Moses & Sons Company; John Moses & Co. Glasgow Pottery

Block and Lot:
12C/103

Historic Street Address:
94 Carroll Street; Carroll Street near Perry Street

Municipality:
City of Trenton

Image Gallery

Glasgow Pottery, 1900 Industrial Trenton (Wolf p. 75 bottom)
Beverage Dispenser, white earthenware with transfer print and some painting, made by John Moses's Glasgow Pottery Company, ca. 1875, 26 in H. Urns such as this were brought out at large public gatherings to dispense various cold beverages such as water, beer or punch. Descended in the Moses family. Collection of the New Jersey State Museum, CH335a,b

Map Gallery

Glasgow Pottery, 1870 Beers (John Moses & Company)
Glasgow Pottery, 1875 Everts & Stewart Map
Glasgow Pottery, 1881 Robinson Map
Glasgow Pottery, 1882 Haven Map
Glasgow Pottery, 1886 Sanborn
Glasgow Pottery, 1890 Scarlett & Scarlett
Glasgow Pottery, 1890 Sanborn Map
Map References

Beers, F. W. 1870  Map of the City of Trenton, New Jersey. F.W. Beers & Company, New York, New York.  (Shown as “J. Moses & Co. Glasgow Potty”)

Everts & Stewart.  1875  Combination Atlas Map of Mercer County. Everts and Stewart, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Shown as “Glasgow Pottery”)

Robinson, E., and R. H. Pidgeon. 1881. Atlas of the City of Trenton and Suburbs New Jersey: From Actual Surveys and Official Records.  E. Robinson, New York, New York.  (Plate K: shown as “Glasgow Pottery J. Moses & Co.”)

Haven, C. C.  1882.   A New Real Estate and Insurance Map of the City of Trenton Including Chambersburg, Millham, and Parts of Ewing, Lawrence, and Hamilton Townships, Mercer County. E.P. Noll & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   (Shown as “Glasgow Pottery Jno. Moses”)

Sanborn, D. A. 1874.   Insurance Diagrams of Trenton. Corrected to 1886.  D.A. Sanborn, New York, New York.  (Plate 14: shown as “Glasgow Pottery J. Moses and Co.”)

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 13: shown as “John Moses”)

Scarlett & Scarlett.  1890.   Scarlett & Scarlett’s Fire Insurance Map of Mercer County.  Scarlett & Scarlett, Newark, New Jersey.  (Plate 51: shown as “John Moses’ Glasgow Pottery”)

Lathrop, J. M. 1905.   Atlas of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton. A.H. Mueller & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   (Plate 8: shown as “John Moses Sons Co.”)

1870 Census

Name in censusJohn Moses & Co.
Capital Invested85000
Type of power 11 Steam Engine
Horsepower 130
Machine name 1Steam Jigger
Machine name 2Hand Jigger
Machine name 3Whilers
Machine name 4Lathe
Machine name 5Throw Wheel
Machine quantity 15
Machine quantity 23
Machine quantity 335
Machine quantity 41
Machine quantity 51
Raw material type 1Clays
Raw material quantity 1700 tons
Raw material value 111000
Raw material type 2Flint
Raw material type 3Feldspar
Raw material type 4Lead
Raw material type 5Boric Acid
Raw material type 6Cobalt
Raw material type 7Coal
Raw material type 8Total
Raw material quantity 2500 tons
Raw material quantity 3200 tons
Raw material quantity 420 tons
Raw material quantity 51 ton
Raw material quantity 6500 lbs
Raw material quantity 71,200 tons
Raw material value 25700
Raw material value 34000
Raw material value 45000
Raw material value 56000
Raw material value 62000
Raw material value 735500
Raw material value 835500
Product type 1White Earthen Ware & Stone China
Product type 1Impossible to enumerate
Product value 1100000
Male hands above 1650
Female hands above 1620
Children50
Yearly wages45000
Months operating12

1880 Census

Name in censusJohn Moses
Capital150000
Number of hands200
Males above 16125
Females above 1525
Children50
May to Nov hours9
Nov to May hours8
Skilled wages2.25
Ordinary wages1.25
Total wages in year85000
Full time months12
Value of raw material125000
Value of product250000
Number of engines1
Horse power40