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• 1841 W H Farrar operated a pottery making Rockingham in whiskey jugs, butter crocks, mixing bowls clay animals, etc.,
• 1855 to 1871 the plant was called Empire Pottery and a line of whiteware was added to the lines
• 1871 reorganized when local businessmen pooled resources and purchased the pottery, renaming it Onondaga Pottery Company
• 1888 "Imperial Geddo" was introduced and won an award at the Columbian Exposition in 1993
• 1959 a subsidiary "Vandesca=Syracuse, Ltd, of Joliette, Quebec, Canada was acquired
• 1966 renamed to Syracuse China Company which had been used as marks since 1879 on a line of china
• 1970 Syracuse discontinued the line of china for home use
• 1984 Mayer China Company was purchased