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Monday, December 06, 2010

1913: MADDOCK POTTERY EXPANDING

Back during Trenton's heyday as a national pottery center, there were pottery kilns located all along the D&R Canal. Maddock was one of the more prominent potteries, specializing in sanitary ware. Correct me if I am in error, but the American Standard and Sanitary Company in Hamilton was an offshoot of the Maddock company.

Tom,
Happy 300K-hits! In the 1850s, Maddock set up shop at Perry and Carroll streets and began marketing his tableware and tiles along the East Coast. If not the equal to Staffordshire pottery, Maddock pottery
was strong, craftsmanlike and cheap, and it became a national brand name. Maddock really found his niche in 1874 by branching into a new field, sanitary ware, which is basically a nice term for toilets. Soon, with Maddock at the forefront, Trenton was making more than 80 percent of the nation's bathroom fixtures. http://capitalcentury.com/1923.htmlBy SJBill 

THANKS, BILL. THANKS ALSO FOR THE LINK TO MADDOCK IN "CAPITAL CENTURY."
TOM
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  1. SJBillTuesday, December 07, 2010

    Tom,

    Happy 300K-hits!



    In the 1850s, Maddock set up shop at Perry and Carroll streets and began marketing his tableware and tiles along the East Coast. If not the equal to Staffordshire pottery, Maddock pottery was strong, craftsmanlike and cheap, and it became a national brand name.


    Maddock really found his niche in 1874 by branching into a new field, sanitary ware, which is basically a nice term for toilets. Soon, with Maddock at the forefront, Trenton was making more than 80 percent of the nation's bathroom fixtures.

    http://capitalcentury.com/1923.html

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