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Events
The Potteries of Trenton Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and preservation of Trenton's ceramic past.
February 2008
Broken Dishes: Scammell China from the fill of the Delaware and Raritan Canal
When: Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 7 pm
Where: the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie (www.ellarslie.org)
Sponsored by the Trenton Museum Society and the Potteries of Trenton Society (POTS), a talk with Meta Janowitz, a Historical Archaeologist with URS in Burlington, New Jersey.
She will be speaking of her work in the 1980s and 1990’s near Lock 4, in Trenton under Route 129 where she recovered a sample from a filling of the canal bed in the 1930’s. The sample is from the Scammell China Company and includes wasters, molds, kiln furniture and broken china. It will be a hands-on talk where we will be able to examine and handle her finds. Hold a piece of Trenton in your hands.
August 2007 to Summer 2008
The Dish On Trenton: China Exhibit Comes To Ellarlsie
The World Dines Out
Starting this August, Ellarslie (www.ellarslie.org), the Trenton City Museum, is celebrating one of Trenton's most elegant legacies with an unprecedented display of commercial and fine china made at the city's Lamberton Works. Many dozens of vividly decorated service plates from restaurants, clubs, railroads and hotels will be on display, along with cups, saucers and other table accoutrements spanning more than a century in the history of Trenton's service to America. The exhibition, THE WORLD DINES OUT: 100 Years at Trenton's Lamberton Works, opens August 4 and runs to Summer 2008.
Dining Out on Trenton [pdf] The Maddock & Scammel Companies at Lamberton Works, Trenton, N.J. The Trenton Museum Society is debuting The recent Trenton City Museum donation of the Larry Paul Collection.
May 2003
Our first membership meeting is planned for Sunday, May 4, 2003, at Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum located in Cadwalader Park, Trenton. The event will take place on the second floor in the galleries dedicated to the history of Trenton's ceramics (www.ellarslie.org). This is the same location as our previously held "Dish Discovery Day" events.
May 2002
"Dish Discovery Day," an afternoon of pottery and china identification, is planned for Sunday, May 5, 2002, at Ellarslie. Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, is located in Cadwalader Park, Trenton. The event will take place on the second floor in the galleries dedicated to the history of Trenton's ceramics (www.ellarslie.org).
Ever wonder what china your grandmother had? Most people remember happy holiday meals with their families, but how many know what dishes were on the table? Did you inherit your great aunt's china and questioned the age of her favorite vase? Here is your opportunity to find out.
Bring in your mystery ceramics and ask our panel of experts, "What is it?" The panel will include POTS members who are curators, collectors, and archaeologists. Please bring pottery and china only. There will be general discussion among the experts, who will explain the who, what, and when for the most interesting puzzles presented to them. There will be plenty of expertise, but no appraisals. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
December 2001
POTS has received permission from the Department of Transportation to reprint the teacher's guide From Teacups to Toilets: A Century of Industrial Pottery In Trenton, Circa 1850 to 1940. The guide was written and produced by Hunter Research and Wilson Creative Marketing for the Department of Transportation. Plans are currently underway to print and distribute a second edition to be available in December 2001. For a free copy contact email.
November 2000
Patricia Madrigal will speak at the Contemporary Club, 176 W. State Street, Trenton, on Tuesday, November 14 at 7:30 p.m. Ms. Madrigal will speak about the Potteries of Trenton Society, the Trenton Potteries Database, and POTS efforts to study and preserve Trenton's ceramic history. The event is open to the public.
October 2000
The Potteries of Trenton Society (POTS) is hosting "Dish Discovery Day," an afternoon of pottery and china identification, at Ellarslie on Sunday, October 22, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Bring in your mystery ceramics and ask our panel of experts, "What is it?" The panel will include POTS members who are curators, collectors, and archaeologists. Please bring pottery and china only. Arrive between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. with your mystery dish and stay for the second half of the program. From 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. there will be general discussion among the experts, who will explain the who, what, and when for the most interesting puzzles presented to them. There will be plenty of expertise, but no appraisals. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.