CHAPTER XI.
TRENTON, N. j.
T HE pottery industry, which has reached such a mar,
vellous growth in Trenton as to gain for that city
the title of the " Staffordshire of America," had its
actual beginning there in 1852, when Messrs. Taylor and
Speeler commenced the manufacture of yellow and Rock-
ingham wares. At the present time the establishments
engaged in Trenton in the production of all grades of ware,
from common pottery to majolica, and from white granite
to the finest porcelain, both plain and decorated, number
thirty-seven, having the capacity of producing in value
about five million dollars' worth of wares per annum. The
central location, superior railway, canal, and river transpor-
tation facilities, and close contiguity to the clay deposits
of New Jersey, have all contributed to the concentration
and enormous development of the manufacture at this
point. Interesting as is the subject to the ceramic student,
we must of necessity confine ourselves to a review of
the history of the most important and representative of
these establishments.
We can but briefly allude to the difficulties encountered
by the early potters in seeking the various clays necessary
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