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• 5 potteries joined to form the Trenton Potteries Company in 1892, Crescent Pottery 1881-1907 1911-1924, Delaware Pottery 1884-1918, Empire Pottery 1884-1918, Enterprise Pottery 1879-1916 and Equitable Pottery 1888-1941
• They 5 produced sanitary ware, general pottery and a limited amount of Belleek porcelain
• Empire Pottery began as Coxen and Company 1863-1875, then became Coxen and Thompson 1875-1884
  They were purchased by Alpaugh and McGowan in 1884 and the name changed to Empire
  In 1892 they joined thr Trenton Potteries group
• Ideal Pottery was formed in 1902 and became part of the Trenton Potteries group
• Trenton Potteries merged with Mutual Pottery in 1922, and operated under Trenton Potteries. Trenton Potteries then became a Crane Company subsidiary, with Mutual as Plant number1
• Delaware, Cresent and Enterprise were already idle and the buildings were disposed of
• American Trent Art Pottery or Tepeco was produced for about 10 years around WWII
• In 1950 The Trenton Potteries was dissolved and operated as just a division of the Crane Company