Category:Anchor
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The Anchor Pottery was established circa 1804 by James E. Norris in Trenton, New Jersey. Backstamps varied through the years, but they usually included the image of a ship's anchor and the word "Anchor." The company is no longer in business. For more details, see [http://www.trentonhistory.org/Made/Marks.html "Marks of American Potters" by Edwin Atlee Barber, A.M., Ph.D., Curator and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Patterson and White Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1904] with thanks to the Trenton Historical Society for making the text and illustrations available online. | The Anchor Pottery was established circa 1804 by James E. Norris in Trenton, New Jersey. Backstamps varied through the years, but they usually included the image of a ship's anchor and the word "Anchor." The company is no longer in business. For more details, see [http://www.trentonhistory.org/Made/Marks.html "Marks of American Potters" by Edwin Atlee Barber, A.M., Ph.D., Curator and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Patterson and White Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1904] with thanks to the Trenton Historical Society for making the text and illustrations available online. | ||
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Revision as of 22:29, 4 September 2017
The Anchor Pottery was established circa 1804 by James E. Norris in Trenton, New Jersey. Backstamps varied through the years, but they usually included the image of a ship's anchor and the word "Anchor." The company is no longer in business. For more details, see "Marks of American Potters" by Edwin Atlee Barber, A.M., Ph.D., Curator and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Patterson and White Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1904 with thanks to the Trenton Historical Society for making the text and illustrations available online.
The Ardalt-Lenwile Zodiac is the only known example of this company importing a divination tea cup.
