Mercer Pottery Company

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The Mercer Pottery Company was started in 1868 by James Moses in Trenton, New Jersey and ran successfully until the 1930s. It claimed to have made the first semi-porcelain ware in the United States.[1][2] They operated four kilns and employed 120 people with an annual revenue of $150,000 per year.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://trentonhistory.org/Made/Marks.html
  2. ↑ Barber, Edwin (1904). Marks of American Potters (Book). Philadelphia, Patterson & White. p. 57. OCLC 39366448. 
  3. ↑ "Trenton's Potteries" (PDF). The New York Times. March 29, 1873. 


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