Etruria Pottery1871-1892
“It is due Messrs. Ott & Brewer to say that they have done more to elevate…
“It is due Messrs. Ott & Brewer to say that they have done more to elevate…
“Isaac Davis came to this country in 1862 from Staffordshire, England. He was employed by W.…
“The Mercer Pottery was built in the year 1868. It is one of the finest and…
“In the year 1875, Mr. James Moses (formerly secretary and treasurer of the Glasgow Pottery Company)…
“The National Pottery, a two kiln plant on East Canal Street, near State Street, was totally…
“Fire on Sunday, — The alarm of fire about noon on Sunday was caused by a…
“The name of the Glasgow Pottery is widely known throughout this country in connection with the…
“In 1867, Mr. C.S. Cook became the sole proprietor and continued the business up to August,…
“William Young was the first potter to attempt the manufacture of porcelain in Trenton.” — Denker,…
September 11, 1866: Bloor, Ott & Co. – “fair business … credit fair … have been…
“Within several years after his [John Moses] death, the remaining members of the family sold the…
“The second pottery was built by Mr. Attersley [sic], on the property where the establishment of…
“Fire Last Evening. — About six o’clock last evening a fire broke out in the packing…
“This business was established in 1878 as the Hope China Works, which were succeeded by the…
“Following the demise of the Ott & Brewer Company, the Cook Pottery Company was formed February…
“This company was originally founded in Brooklyn in 1912 and moved to Trenton in 1916 when…
“The business carried on prior to 1872 was the manufacture of table ware. In that year…
“Business was conducted under the different partnership names and also as ‘Kenyon City Pottery,’ ‘Trenton City…
In 1860 “He [Henry Speeler] purchased the foundry and machine shop established by Bottom and Tiffany…
“The first of the present year they found their factory inadequate to produce goods to fill…
The pottery began operating in 1857 as “William Young & Co.”, and in 1858 as “William…
“In March, 1860, Millington and Astbury sold their interest in the pottery to the Youngs and…
“Henry Speeler died in 1871 and the family continued to run the pottery until 1872 when…
“The rapid growth of the Willets’ Manufacturing Company’s works is probably the best indication of the…
Excelsior Pottery Company forfeited its charter in 1910.
In February 1922, reported that the General Chinaware Corporation had acquired the Willets pottery plant. —…
“Pottery Notes. — Mr. Edward Clarke, recently one of the most prominent potters in the Staffordshire…
“The International Pottery Company’s works is another large establishment founded on the modest beginning of the…
“On July 1st, 1868, a stock company was formed, and the works were improved and doubled…
“In 1862 or 1863, Messrs. I & C. Moore converted a distillery which they had been…
“In 1892, the Empire Pottery joined with four other potteries to create the Trenton Potteries Company.…
“In the spring of 1863, Mr. Charles Coxon built two kilns on the present site, which…
“In July 1869, about six years after he had started the enterprise which met with such…
“Messrs. Alpaugh, Magowan & Co. are to be complimented on the happy fortune of being able…
“The pottery started on June 1, 1864 with production commencing about 1866. The company was operated…
The pottery was operated by James E. Norris. Area of approximately 440′ x 550′ on the…
“In 1926, Anchor Pottery closed down and the property was acquired by Fulper Pottery Co. of…
“The American Crockery Company have the distinctive honor of having been the first pottery in the…
In 1887 the company was succeeded by the Clark Brothers Pottery Company which later became the…
“Since the reorganization of the Union Pottery Company there has been that marked change in the…
“The Eagle Pottery was erected in 1876 by Richard Millington, one of the pioneers of the…
“Messrs. Burroughs & Mountford manufacture extensively American thin porcelain, thin white granite, hotel porcelain, decorated dinner,…
“The Eagle Pottery was later acquired by the Greenwood China Co. and eventually became a part…
“In the manufacture of Rockingham and Yellow Ware the Mayer Brothers excel. Their manufactures consist of…
“In 1879, W. Kimble commenced the manufacture of chinaware and porcelain hardware trimmings at works which…
“The Dale and Davis Pottery was established in 1880, on Prospect Street, near the Bound Brook…
In 1903 the plant was sold to the Cook Pottery Co. and became known as Cook’s…
“The Trenton China Company have succeeded in improving the color of their vitrified goods and bringing…
Advertisement: “Lamberton Works making Dainty Dinner sets for home use, rolled edge China for Hotel use,…
“DeVegh designed many of [Scammell’s] Art Deco figurines, as he was also to do for Lenox,…
“This company was incorporated July 26, 1881, with C.H. Cook, president, and D.S. Hancock, secretary and…
The Crescent Pottery became part of the Trenton Potteries Company Group in 1892. — Harney, W.J.…
The pottery was purchased by the Trenton Potteries Company in 1892. — Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s…
The Equitable Pottery became a part of the Trenton Potteries Company in 1892.
“Jonathan Coxon, Sr., who served as superintendent of the Ott & Brewer plant during most of…
“Lenox dinnerware ultimately achieved a degree of acceptance accorded only the finest of its foreign competitors.…
The American Art China Company (also known as Rittenhouse & Evans) was established in 1891. The…
“The artistic brilliance of this company was not matched by its commercial acumen and the company…
“Morris continued in pottery production at this location for perhaps another ten years under the name…
“Perlee was made in Trenton in the late 1920s, and possibly went under during the Depression.…
Built on the site of the Trenton Lock and Hardware Company plant. The pottery was established…
“The late John S. McCully, one of Trenton’s oldest potters, informed Mr. McCormick that the first…
“The new pottery commenced operations in 1852 under the name of ‘Taylor and Speeler.’ The equal…
“The first pottery in Trenton was established about thirteen years ago by Mr. Taylor of the…
“Samuel E. Thropp and J. Hart Brewer were co-owners of the Fell & Thropp Company c.1889-1892.…
“Although the pottery was still referred to as the Trenton Pottery, the company was known as…
“Davis operated his pottery until September 1887 when he sold it for $30,000 to a newly…
“We were shown yesterday an exquisite piece of artistic Parian. It is the handiwork of Mr.…
“Leon Weil founded the Eureka Pottery in Trenton in 1883. The pottery had a short life,…
It is speculated that this pottery occupied the same site as John Salt’s pottery.
“Cordey China was founded in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1942 by Boleslaw Cybis, a Polish painter…