Pottery & porcelain
Mercer Pottery marks
City of Trenton · 1868–1946 · 0 marks.
- Active years
- 1868–1946
- City / region
- City of Trenton
- Products
- Wares Cream colored ware Electrical Hotel china Tableware Toilet sets White granite White granite and c.c. ware, also decorated goods, stone, porcelain and hotel ware (Main and Fitzgerald 1877) Mercer China (Woodward and Hageman 1883:692-693) Toilet sets (Everts & Stewart 1885) Pottery ware (Industrial Directory 1906) Porcelain ware (Industrial Directory 1909) Dinner and hotel ware (Industrial Directory 1918) General ware; electrical porcelain (Industrial Directory 1927) Dinnerware (Industrial Directory 1931) China, special and electrical porcelain (Industrial Directory 1938) Electrical porcelain, porcelain specialties (Industrial Directory 1940-41), Wares Cream colored ware Hotel china Porcelain Tableware White granite White granite and c.c. ware, also decorated goods, stone, porcelain and hotel ware (Mains and Fitzgerald 1877) Crockery and dinnerware (Goldberg 1998), porcelain
- Marks
- 0
Dated marks & timeline
0 marks1868–1946
About Mercer Pottery
“The Mercer Pottery was built in the year 1868. It is one of the finest and most substantial structures in the city. Composed of stone, with slate roofs, entirely new, and having been erected all at one time in the most modern and approved form, the buildings have as great a capacity as and better facilities than some larger establishments. When in full operation, it is able to produce $15,000 worth of ware per month.
During the first eight years, the works were controlled by Mr. J.F. Thompson, the late Mr. J.G. Brearley and others, under the firm name of The Mercer Pottery Company.” — Mains, Bishop W. and Fitzgerald, Thomas F. 1877-1879.
Mains and Fitzgerald’s Trenton, Chambersburg and Millham Directory: Containing the Names of the Citizens, Statistical Business Report, Historical Sketches, a List of the Public and Private Institutions, Together with National, State, County, and City Government. Bishop W. Mains & Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Trenton, New Jersey. “In the year 1875, Mr.
Also known as: Mercer Pottery Company · Mercer Pottery Company; Union Electric Manufacturing Company; Union Electric Porcelain Works, Inc.