Scammell China Company (Lamberton Works)

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In operation    1923-1955

Wares

Art ceramicHotel chinaTableware

Hotel china (Industrial Directory 1927)

Vitrified china (Industrial Directory 1931)

Hotel vitrified china (Industrial Directory 1934)

Hotel china (Industrial Directory 1938)

Hotel china dinnerware (Industrial Directory 1940-41)

Notes

“DeVegh designed many of [Scammell’s] Art Deco figurines, as he was also to do for Lenox, and the Scammell ones ones are quite a bit rarer than the Lenox ones. The company also made a great number of commemorative items, particularly plates. The overwhelming majority of their pieces, however, are lower level dinnerware items.”

— Robinson, Dorothy and Bill Feeny. 1980.  The Official Price Guide to American Pottery & Porcelain.  House of Collectibles, Orlando, Florida.

Selected References

“Scammell Bros. and Charles A. May buy Maddock Plant.” 1923. State Gazette, November 22, 1923.

Scammell China Company. 1928. “Scammell’s Trenton China Vitrified” (price list). Updated 1931 and 1933. Trenton, New Jersey.

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

Lehner, Lois. 1980.  Complete Book of American Kitchen and Dinner Wares.  Wallace-Homestead Book Company, Des Moines, Iowa.

Robinson, Dorothy and Bill Feeny. 1980.  The Official Price Guide to American Pottery & Porcelain.  House of Collectibles, Orlando, Florida.

Kovel, Ralph and Terry Kovel. 1986.  Kovel’s New Dictionary of Marks: Pottery & Porcelain 1850 to the Present. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, New York.

 

Other firms at this site:

Other Names

Scammell China Company

Block and Lot:
72A; 75B

Historic Street Address:
Third Avenue and Landing Street; 301 Third Street; 300-303 Third Street

Municipality:
City of Trenton

Image Gallery

Plate made for the New York Municipal Airport c. 1939-1947
Plate, semi-porcelain transfer printed with view of Harper's Ferry, made by Scammell China Company for use in the dining car of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, circa 1923-1954, 10.5 in diam. Collection of the New Jersey State Museum, CH1969.142.17
Breakfast Setting, porcelain, including coffee/tea cup, egg cup and cereal bowl, porcelain imprinted with New Jersey State Seal, made by Scammell China Company, 1950s, egg cup 3.5 in H, bowl 6.5 in diam. Used at Morven by New Jersey governors in the 1950s. Collection of the New Jersey State Museum, CH1969.221.3,5,8

Map Gallery

Scammell China Company, 1927 Sanborn
Scammell Pottery Company, 1955 Sanborn Map
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. 2, plate 246: shown as “Scammell China Co.” – has expanded on to West side of Third Street.)

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.  (Plates 16 & 21: shown as “Scammell China Co.” on Third Street and Landing Street.)

Sanborn Map Company.  1955.  Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, Volume 1.  Revised from 1927 map.  Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York.  (Vol. 2, plate 246: shown as “Scammell China Co.” – has expanded on to West side of Third Street.)