Mitchell & Bissell Company Pottery
In operation 1919-1941
Wares
Textile & plumbing porcelains (Industrial Directory 1927)
Porcelain guides (Industrial Directory 1931)
Porcelain guides for textile machinery (Industrial Directory 1934)
Bathroom fixtures, porcelain guides for textile machinery (Industrial Directory 1938)
Porcelain guides & wire guides for textile machinery (Industrial Directory 1940-41)
Notes
City directories indicate that the Mitchell-Bissell Company was operating elsewhere between 1917 and 1919 (on Prospect Street near the Pennsylvania Railroad, probably on the Standard China site) before moving to this site.
Selected References
Fitzgerald, Thomas F. 1920-1938. 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.
New Jersey Bureau of Statistics and Records, Department of Labor. 1927. 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.
New Jersey Bureau of Statistics and Records, State Department of Labor. 1931. The Industrial Directory of New Jersey. Trenton, New Jersey.
New Jersey Bureau of Statistics and Records, State Department of Labor. 1934. The Industrial Directory of New Jersey. Trenton, New Jersey.
New Jersey Bureau of Statistics and Records, State Department of Labor. 1938. The Industrial Directory of New Jersey. Trenton, New Jersey.
New Jersey Bureau of Statistics and Records, State Department of Labor. 1940-41. The Industrial Directory of New Jersey. Trenton, New Jersey.
Other Names
Mitchell & Bissell Company; Mitchell & Bissell Pottery Works
Block and Lot:
229E/23
Historic Street Address:
Brunswick Avenue and Heil Avenue; 825 Brunswick Avenue
Municipality:
City of Trenton
Map Gallery
Map References
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 74: shown as “Mitchell-Bissell Co. Pottery [built 1919])”
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 33: shown as “Mitchell-Bissell Co.”)