Lee’s Pottery
In operation 1880-1886
Wares
Hotel china and telegraph insulators (Trenton State Gazette, Monday, June 28, 1880)
Notes
“Mr. Wm. T. Lee has assumed entire control of the Washington Pottery, and will continue to manufacture hard porcelain hotel goods as before. In addition to these wares he is now engaged on a contract for a large number of telegraphic insulators.”
— “Pottery Notes.” Trenton State Gazette, Monday, June 28, 1880.
Selected References
Fitzgerald, Thomas F. 1880-1883. Fitzgerald’s Trenton and Mercer County Directory, Together with a Directory of Bordentown, Burlington, Mount Holly and Lambertville, NJ and Morrisville, PA, Included a Fund of Information Concerning Public and Private Institutions, National, State, County, City and Borough Governments, Gathered from Reliable and Official Sources. Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Trenton, New Jersey.
“Pottery Notes.” Trenton State Gazette, Monday, June 28, 1880.
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 Names
Washington Pottery; Broome & Lee; Lee's Pottery; ?Phoenix Pottery Works
Historic Street Address:
Clinton near the Star Rubber Works; Mechanic Avenue
Municipality:
Lawrence Township; Millham Township
Map Gallery
Map References
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 R: shown as “Lee’s Pottery”)
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 “Lee’s Pottery”)
Sanborn, D. A. 1874. Insurance Diagrams of Trenton. Corrected to 1886. D.A. Sanborn, New York, New York. (Plate 3: shown as “Lee’s Pottery”)