Pottery Industries in East Liverpool Area 1870-1879

Year Established Date of Change Name of Pottery & Their Successors Location (all sites E. Liverpool, OH unless specified.) Ware Years in Business
1870   Lamond & Jones n/a n/a 1870
1870   A. Viney & Co n/a n/a 1870
1870   Henry Willot n/a n/a 1870-1872
1871   Fowler & O'Connor n/a n/a 1871-1872
1872   Douds & Foutts n/a n/a 1872
1872   R. Thomas & Sons Co N. side W. 7th St. Clay Knobs 1873-1957
  1884 ------------"------------ American Knob Works ------------"------------ Clay & Porcelain Wiring Knobs  
  1885 R. Thomas & Sons Co ------------"------------ Low-voltage Porcelain  
  1897 ------------"------------ ------------"------------ High-voltage Porcelain  
  1927 ----moved to Lisbon, OH-----      
1872   Worcester, Bulger & Son n/a n/a 1872-1884
1872   McDevitt, Moore & Curby n/a n/a 1872-1874
1873   Laughlin Brothers---Ohio Valley Pottery River Rd, E. of Thompson Pottery White Granite 1973-1877
  1879 Homer Laughlin Pottery ------------"------------ Porcelain 1977-1896
  1897 ----change of product---- ------------"------------ Semiporcelain  
  1903 National China Co ------------"------------ ------------"------------ 1899-1911
  1911 Harker Pottery Co. plant # 2 ------------"------------ ------------"------------ 1890-1972
  1931 ----moved to Chester, WV--- ------------"------------ ------------"------------  
1873   Emmanuel Booth n/a n/a 1873-1876
1874   Morley, Godwin & Co n/a n/a 1874-1878
1874   Flentke, Worcester & Co---Buckeye Pottery Works S. corner St. Clair & Broadway Rockingham & Yellowware n/a
  1877 Flentke, Harrison & Co ------------"------------ ------------"------------ 1877-1884
1874   Thomas Haden n/a n/a 1874-1888
1874   Golding Sons Co S.side W.4th St Flint & Feldspar 1874-1939
1875   Curby, Starkey & Co n/a n/a 1875
1875   Joseph Dennis n/a n/a 1875-1886
1877   Goerge F. Humrickhouse n/a n/a 1877-c.1883
1877   Bulger, Starkey & Co     1877
1877   Benjamin Harker & Sons--- Wedgewood Pottery River Rd. E. of Harker Pottery Cream-Colored 1877-1881
  1881 Wallace & Chetwynd--- Colonial Pottery ------------"------------ White Granite 1881-1901
  1896 ----change of product---- ------------"------------ Semiporcelain  
  1903 East Liverpool Potteries Co ------------"------------ ------------"------------ 1901-1907 (1933)
  1905 Colonial Pottery ------------"------------ ------------"------------ 1903-1929
  1929 ----operation suspended---      
1878   Morley & Co n/a n/a 1878-1884
1878   Anderson, Curry & Co n/a n/a 1878
1878   East Liverpool Encaustic Tile Co n/a n/a 1878
1878   Gamble & Surles (Surles & Gamble) N.E. corner Buckeye Alley & Bradshaw Ave Rockingham & Yellowware 1878
  1882 Flentke, Harrison & Co ------------"------------ ------------"------------ 1877-1884
  1885 Knowles, Taylor & Knowles- Plant #3, Buckeye ------------"------------ White Granite 1870-1929
  1890 ----change of product----   Semiporcelain  
  1929 American Chinaware Corp, - Plant E ------------"------------ ------------"------------ 1929-1931
  1931 ---production suspended--      
1878   Sants & Barlow n/a n/a 1878
1878   John F. Steele n/a n/a 1878-1891
1879   Dennis Outrim n/a n/a n/a
1879   Hayden & Lycett n/a n/a 1879
1879   A.B. Beck n/a n/a 1879
1879   Ralph Scragg n/a n/a 1878-c1887
1879   Burford Brothers N.W corner Green Lane & E. 7th St. Floor & Wall Tile 1879-1904
  1881 ----change of product--- ------------"------------ Cream-colored & White Granite  
  1896 ----change of product---- ------------"------------ Semiporcelain  
  1905 Standard Pottery Co # 2 ------------"------------ ------------"------------ 1886-1927
  1920 Potters Co-Operative Co # 2 ------------"------------ ------------"------------ 1882-1925
  1925 Dresden Pottery Co # 2 ------------"------------ ------------"------------ 1925-1927
  1929 ---discontinued business--