Trent Tile Works

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In operation    1886-c.1914

Wares

GardenOtherTiles

Notes

“Chief designers and modellers were Isaac Broome (beginning in 1883) and William Wood Gallimore (beginning in 1886). The company is best known for its embossed tiles, although other types were made. At one point over 20 kilns were in operation.”

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

Selected References

Trenton Board of Trade. 1900.  Industrial Trenton and Vicinity.  George A. Wolf Publishers, Wilmington, Delaware.

Trent Tile Company Advertisement. c. 1914. On file, Trenton Public Library, Trenton, New Jersey.

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

Trent Tile Company; Trenton Tile Company; Trent Tile Works

Block and Lot:
209C/3

Historic Street Address:
Klagg Avenue and Plum Street; 521 Klagg

Municipality:
Millham Township; City of Trenton

Image Gallery

Trent Tile, 1900 Industrial Trenton (Wolf p. 74 top)
Trent Tile Company Advertisement
Trent Tile, 1900 Industrial Trenton (Wolf p. 74 bottom)
Relief tile designed by Isaac Broome, 1884. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2018

Map Gallery

Trent Tile Works, 1890 Sanborn Map
Trent Tile Works,1890 Scarlett & Scarlett
Trent Tile Works, 1905 Lathrop
Trent Tile Works, 1908 Sanborn Map
Map References

Bourquin, F., and C. C. Haven. 1873-1880. Enterprise Land Company Plan of Building Lots and Manufacturing Sites Lying Between Brunswick Avenue and Clinton Street, East Trenton, N.J.  Enterprise Land Company, Trenton, New Jersey.   (Shown as “Trent Tile Co.”)

Sanborn‑Perris Map Company.  1890.   Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Sanborn‑Perris Map Company, New York, New York.  (Plate 6: shown as “The Trent Tile Co.”)

Scarlett & Scarlett.  1890.   Scarlett & Scarlett’s Fire Insurance Map of Mercer County.  Scarlett & Scarlett, Newark, New Jersey.  (Plate 62: shown as “Trent Tile Co.”)

Lathrop, J. M. 1905.   Atlas of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton. A.H. Mueller & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Plate 15: shown as “Trent Tile Co.”)

Sanborn Map Company.  1908.  Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, Volume 1. Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York.  (Vol.1, plate 40: shown as “Trent Tile Co.”)