Trenton Potteries Company (Enterprise Pottery)1892-1941
“The Trenton Potteries Co. was formed in 1894 from five potteries including Enterprise which had been…
Sanitary
Star Porcelain Company1906-1918
The pottery was torn down by 1920 and replaced by dwellings. — Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s…
Glasgow Pottery1863-c.1906
“The name of the Glasgow Pottery is widely known throughout this country in connection with the…
Thomas Maddock’s Sons (Moses Plant)1906-1929
“Within several years after his [John Moses] death, the remaining members of the family sold the…
Carroll Street Pottery1860-1878
“Fire Last Evening. — About six o’clock last evening a fire broke out in the packing…
Etruria Pottery1894-1932
“Following the demise of the Ott & Brewer Company, the Cook Pottery Company was formed February…
Globe Porcelain Company1913-1955+
“Manufacturers of bath accessories.” — Robinson, Dorothy and Bill Feeny. 1980. The Official Price Guide to…
Mitchell & Bissell Company Pottery1919-1941
City directories indicate that the Mitchell-Bissell Company was operating elsewhere between 1917 and 1919 (on Prospect…
Bay Ridge Specialty Company1916-1980+
“This company was originally founded in Brooklyn in 1912 and moved to Trenton in 1916 when…
Healy Pottery1923-1936
The Healy Pottery was organized in 1923 and operated two kilns. — Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s…
Hudson Porcelain Company1903-c.1904
Carroll Street Pottery1878-1929
“The business carried on prior to 1872 was the manufacture of table ware. In that year…
Imperial Porcelain Works1906-1944
On August 8, 1909 fire severely damaged the property. The old stone still house was partly…
City Pottery1886-1929
“The first of the present year they found their factory inadequate to produce goods to fill…
Sanitary Pottery1888-1891
“In 1888, the Sanitary Pottery, between known as the Broad Street Pottery, was started on the…
Excelsior Pottery1879-1909
“The rapid growth of the Willets’ Manufacturing Company’s works is probably the best indication of the…
C.B. Walton Company Pottery1904-1912
“The Walton’s Sanitary Pottery Company began operations in the buildings formerly connected with the Walton brick…
Sanitary Earthenware Specialty Company1897-1938
“The Sanitary Earthenware Company was incorporated on March 4, 1897 to make the highest grade of…
National Porcelain Companyc. 1918 - 2002
In February 1922, reported that the General Chinaware Corporation had acquired the Willets pottery plant. —…
Trenton Potteries Company (Empire Pottery)1928-c.1938
In the 1920s, the Trenton Potteries Company was acquired by the Crane Company, but continued to…
Trenton Potteries Company (Empire Pottery)1892-1928
“In 1892, the Empire Pottery joined with four other potteries to create the Trenton Potteries Company.…
Trenton Fire-Clay & Porcelain Company1895-1915
“The Trenton Fireclay and Porcelain Co. was the last of a series of terracotta and porcelain…
Trenton Potteries Company (Ideal Pottery)1900-1928
Sanitary Earthenware Specialty Company1913-1938
The neighboring Sanitary Earthenware Specialty Company expanded its operations sometime after 1912 to take over this…
Trenton Potteries Company (Ideal Pottery)1928 - c. 1955
J.L. Mott Company1915-1932
“In 1895, they [the Trenton Fireclay & Porcelain Company] began making all the porcelain requirements of…
John Maddock & Sons Coalport Works1895 - c. 1925
In 1895 John Maddock established his Coalport Works here and made sanitary ware… This site was…
Trenton Potteries Company (Eagle Pottery)1921-1929
Mutual Potteries1929-1930+
It [the Eagle Pottery] was finally known as Mutual Potteries in 1929. — Harney, W.J. 1929.…
Connecticut Porcelain Company1920-c. 1929
Ceramic Allied Products1930-1934+
Ceramic Allied Products merged with the Cook Pottery Co. in 1932 and together these two made…
Prospect Hill Pottery1932-1955+
The shell of Hill Refrigeration Co. Plant #2 is a remnant of this pottery. In 1932…
Crescent Pottery1881-1892
“This company was incorporated July 26, 1881, with C.H. Cook, president, and D.S. Hancock, secretary and…
Trenton Potteries Company (Crescent Pottery)1892-1938
The Crescent Pottery became part of the Trenton Potteries Company Group in 1892. — Harney, W.J.…
Delaware Pottery1884-1892
“In about 1886, Thomas Connelly, formerly of the Irish factory [Belleek], began to experiment with the…
Trenton Potteries Company (Delaware Pottery)1892-1955+
The pottery was purchased by the Trenton Potteries Company in 1892. — Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s…
Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Company1921-c.1941
Equitable Pottery1888-1892
“Equitable was founded in 1888 by Andrew Cochran, John Leukel, and Jonathan Coxon. They made sanitary…
Trenton Potteries Company (Equitable Pottery)1892-1955+
The Equitable Pottery became a part of the Trenton Potteries Company in 1892.
Mercer Porcelain Company1925-c.1946
This pottery was initially established by C.W. Donaghue in 1889 and made stilts and spurs. From…
Egyptian Pottery1890-1902
“This concern makes a specialty of Plumbers’ Sanitary Earthenware, being one of the oldest concerns in…
Fidelity Pottery Company1902-1918
“Charles H. Baker and J Harris Cogill founded Fidelity in 1902 to manufacture sanitary items.” —…
Bellmark Pottery1893-1911
“Bellmark was founded in 1893 by Sidney, Robert and Hughes Oliphant. They manufactured plumbers’ and druggists…
Van Pottery Company1920-1934
By 1929 the company had five kilns. — Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s First Potteries.” Sunday Times…
B.O.T. Manufacturing Company1911-1936+
Bottle kilns were still standing at this site in the 1930s. — City of Trenton Tax…
Resolute Pottery1902 - c. 1940
“Anderson Mfg. Co. Trenton, N.J. has been incorporated with $100,000 capital stock to build a pottery.…
Fairfacts Pottery1935-1954+
“Fairfacts manufactured bath accessories. After they went out of business Bay Ridge bought their machines and…
Enterprise Pottery1880-1892
“The business of the Enterprise Pottery, on New York Avenue, was established in 1880. Earthenware closets,…
New Jersey Porcelain Company, Inc.1921-2002
Unitco Pottery Company1922-1925
By February 1922, Unitco Pottery Company had organized in Trenton with capital of $125,000 to manufacture…
Keystone Pottery1890-1935
“Keystone made vitreous china and sanitary specialties beginning c. 1892. Company officers included James H. Lyons,…
Economy Pottery1896-1930+
The Economy Pottery, located in Deutzville, manufactured sanitary ware and decorated jardinieres. It also solicited the…
Monument Pottery1896-1929
“The Monument Pottery Company are the only producers of the celebrated Monument Porcelain Ware, such as…
Acme Sanitary Pottery1901-1928
Acme Sanitary Pottery Company was founded in 1901 by Messrs. James A. Dorety, John Meagher and…
Elite Pottery1903-1935
“Elite Pottery was founded in 1901 by G.W. Page, Samuel Bedson, and Louis J. Deihl for…
J.H. Balmer Company1926-1955+
Cellose Products Company1931-1938
Akson Sanitary Manufacturing Company1937-1938
This pottery has the same address as the Walton Company Pottery (later a part of the…
Hart-Brewer Pottery1894-c.1905
“John H. Brewer, who was anxious to continue in the pottery business after the failure of…