Maddock Pottery Company (Lamberton Works)
In operation 1892-1923
Wares
Dainty dinner sets for home use, rolled edge china for hotel use, Royal Porcelain dinner, tea and toilet ware, jardinieres, tabourets, umbrella stands, etc. (Trenton Board of Trade 1900)
Earthen and Chinaware (Industrial Directory 1901)
China and Porcelain ware (Industrial Directory 1906)
Hotel Chinaware (Industrial Directory 1909)
Chinaware-Hotel (Industrial Directory 1912)
Chinaware (Industrial Directory 1918)
Notes
Advertisement: “Lamberton Works making Dainty Dinner sets for home use, rolled edge China for Hotel use, Royal porcelain Dinner, Tea and Toilet ware, Jardiniers, Tabourets, Umbrella stands, etc.” Also shows three makers marks: one for white china, one for Semi-porcelain, and one for decorated China.
— 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.
Thomas Maddock’s Sons Company. 1910. Pottery: A History of the Pottery Industry and Its Evolution as Applied to Sanitation. Thomas Maddock’s Sons, Trenton, New Jersey.
Maddock Pottery Company. 1917. Lamberton China Catalogue, Maddock Pottery Company, Trenton, New Jersey.
Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s First Potteries.” Sunday Times Advertiser, July 7, 14, 21 and 28, 1929.
Podmore, Harry J. 1954. “U.S. Navy equipped with Maddock China in 1904.” Sunday Times Advertiser, January 17, 1954.
Podmore, Harry J. 1957. “New Buildings for Thomas Maddocks Sons Co. 1907.” Sunday Times Advertiser, January 20, 1957.
Lehner, Lois. 1980. Complete Book of American Kitchen and Dinner Wares. Wallace-Homestead Book Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
Conroy, Barbara J. 1998. Restaurant China, Volume 1: Identification & Value Guide for Restaurant, Airline, Ship & Railroad Dinnerware. Collector Books, Paducah, Kentucky.
Conroy, Barbara J. 1999. Restaurant China, Volume 2: Identification & Value Guide for Restaurant, Airline, Ship & Railroad Dinnerware. Collector Books, Paducah, Kentucky.
Other firms at this site:
Other Names
Maddock Pottery Company Lamberton Works; Lamberton Works
Block and Lot:
72A; 75B
Historic Street Address:
Third Avenue and Landing Street; 301 Third Street; 300-303 Third Street
Municipality:
City of Trenton
Map Gallery
Map References
Lathrop, J. M. 1905. Atlas of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton. A.H. Mueller & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Plate 5: shown as “Maddock Pottery Co. Lamberton Works”)
Sanborn Map Company. 1908. Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, Volume 2. Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York. (Shown as “Maddock Pottery Co. Lamberton Works”)