Resolute Pottery

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In operation    1902 - c. 1940

Wares

Sanitary

Vitreous sanitary ware, basins, fountains, etc. (Industrial Directory 1909)

Sanitary earthenware specialties (Industrial Directory 1912)

Sanitary earthenware (Industrial Directory 1918, 1927, 1931)

Sanitary tanks, earthenware (Industrial Directory 1934)

Notes

“Anderson Mfg. Co. Trenton, N.J. has been incorporated with $100,000 capital stock to build a pottery. Charles A. May, Harry E. Bicknell and Edward D. Anderson, all of Trenton, are interested.”

— “Anderson Mfg. Co.” 1902. Clay Record 20:25.

Selected References

“Anderson Mfg. Co.” 1902. Clay Record 20:25.

“Anderson Mfg. Co.” 1902. The Clay-Worker 38:666.

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, Cranbury, 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

Anderson Manufacturing Company; H.E. Bicknell & Company; Resolute Pottery Company

Block and Lot:
71A/58, 83, 102

Historic Street Address:
Third Street corner of Temple Street; Third Street and Schenck Street; 280 Third Street

Municipality:
City of Trenton

Map Gallery

Resolute Pottery, 1905 Lathrop
Resolute Pottery, 1908 Sanborn
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 “Resolute Pottery Co.”)

Sanborn Map Company.  1908.  Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, Volume 2. Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York.  (Vol. 2, plate 176: shown as “Resolute 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.2, plate 236: shown as “Resolute 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.  (Shown as “Resolute Pottery Co.”)