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Industrial Ware (Hotel China)

Maddock�s Lamberton Works (1892- 1923)

Plate. Unglazed bisque waster. Transfer
printed  floral motif in brown. 4.6 mm thick

Plate, rolled rim. Unglazed bisque waster.
Painted green band and line with decal motif.
Rim diameter: 7.25” 4.0 mm thick

Cup and Saucer. Unglazed bisque waster.
Painted band and decal decoration. Decal
mark “Lamberton China” on underside of
saucer. Cup diameter: 3.5”; Cup thickness:
2.6 mm; Saucer diameter:  6.25”; Saucer
thickness 3.7 mm.

Plate, rolled rim. Unglazed bisque waster.
Decal decorated with early 20th-century
phone operator. Note rectangular
discoloration of residue from decal application. Rim diameter:  approx. 9.0”; 5.3 mm thick.

Plate, rolled rim. Unglazed bisque waster.
Transfer printed rim motif in black. Rim
diameter: 9.0”; 5.7 mm thick; Impressed mark “Maddock’s Trenton” [China] on reverse.

Plate. Unglazed bisque waster. Transfer
printed Greek key rim motif in blue. Rim
diameter: 9.75”; 4.1 mm thick.

Plate, similar to example shown from diner named “Baltimore Dairy Lunch” (right).
Unglazed bisque waster. Transfer printed in dark green. Rim diameter: 6.75”; 4.1 mm thick.
Impressed mark on reverse:Maddock’s ….n [Trenton] China

Platter or similar large flat vessel. Unglazed
bisque waster. Decal coat of arms, 10.0 mm
thick. Decal manufacturer’s mark “Lamberton
China Made Expressly for the Seelbach by
J. Dolfinger & Co.”

The Seelbach is a historic hotel in Louisville,
Kentucky, founded by Bavarian-born brothers Louis and Otto Seelbach. It opened in 1905 as the Seelbach Hotel and is still in business today.

Plate, rolled rim. Unglazed bisque waster.
Decal decorated. Rim diameter: 7.0”;
4.7 mm thick.

Cup. Unglazed bisque waster. Decal
decorated with Art Deco motif. Rim
diameter: 3.5”; 3.2 mm thickness.

Cup. Unglazed bisque waster. Decal
decorated with Art Deco motif. Rim
diameter: 2.5”; Vessel height:  2.25”;
3.0 mm thick.

Cup. Unglazed bisque waster. Decal
decoration  associated with the Fort
Pitt Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA. Rim diameter:
4.0”; 3.3 mm thick.

Maddock pattern 5015 (Hunter Research poster)

Condiment (mustard) jar. Unglazed bisque
waster. Decal decorated. Rim diameter:
2.25”; Base diameter: 2.0”; Vessel height:
2.0”;  5.4 mm thick.

Baker, oval shaped. Unglazed bisque waster.
Decal decorated. 5.3 mm thick; Decal
manufacturer’s mark on reverse:
“Lamberton China”.

Shallow bowl (small baker?), rolled rim.
Unglazed bisque waster. Painted green band
and line. Rim diameter: 4.0”; 4.2 mm thick.

Butter pat? Unglazed bisque waster. Painted
blue band and line. Rim diameter: 2.75”;
5.1 mm thick.

Butter pat? Unglazed bisque waster. Decal
decorated. Rim diameter: 3.0”; 3.3 mm thick.

Decal manufacturer’s mark on a footed
plate or similar vessel. “Lamberton China”
Note rectangular discoloration of residue of
the decal application. Base diameter: 3.25”

Trenton China Company (1859-1891)
Lalor Street Dump, Trenton (ca. 1912�21 )

Oval dish. Unglazed bisque waster.
Measures approximately 10 x 6”.
Impressed mark “Trenton China Co.
Trenton N. J.” 9.4 mm thick.
This company in business between 1859
and 1891 (E. A. Barber 1904).

Plate. Unglazed bisque waster. Rim
diameter: 9.5”. Impressed mark “Trenton
China Co. Trenton N. J.” .4 mm thick.
The Trenton China Company was in business between 1859 and 1891 (E. A. Barber 1904).

Butter pat? Glazed waster. Rim diameter:
2.75”. Impressed mark “T. C. Co.”  6.7 mm
thick. The Trenton China Company was in
business between 1859 and 1891
(E. A. Barber 1904).

Butter pat?, rolled rim. Unglazed bisque waster. Rim diameter: 3.25”; 4.9 mm thick.

Cup. Glazed waster. Rim diameter:  approximately 4.0”; Vessel height: 3.25”;
8.9 mm thick.

Bowl with rolled rim and painted band and
line decoration. Glazed waster. Rim diameter:
8.00”; Vessel height: 1.50”; 5.0 mm thick.
Impressed mark “Maddock’s Trenton China”
and printed maker’s and retailer’s mark
“Trenton China Made Expressly for
Marshall Field & Company”

Cup with painted band and line decoration
and decal motif “I P Co”? Rim diameter:
3/50”; Vessel height: 2/50”; 5.8 mm thick.

Hollow vessel of indeterminate form with
rolled rim and decal motif of airplane and
  letters “A.C.C.” Rim diameter: 5.00”; 5.0 mm thick. “A.C.C.” possibly Alaska Commercial
Company (1890-1923).
(Hunter Research Poster)

Plate with rolled rim with decal motif for
unknown business “Dreyf..” Rim
diameter: 7.00”; 4.2 mm thick.

Indeterminate hollow vessel (bowl?) with
decal motif for the Sheridan Plaza Hotel, which
opened in Chicago in 1921. 4.0 mm thick.

Maddock Trenton China (1892- 1923)
Waterfront Stadium Dump, Trenton
ca. 1918-1923

Saucer. Unglazed bisque waster. Rim
diameter: 6.5”; 6.2 mm thick. Printed “QMC”
mark, abbreviation for Quarter Masters Corps
(1912-1923). Impressed mark: “Maddock’s Trenton China”. (Hunter Research Poster)

Mug. Unglazed bisque waster. Base
diameter: 3.5”; 6.3 m thick. Printed mark
for United States Marine Corps 1919
on underside of vessel.

Cup. Unglazed bisque waster. Rim diameter:
4.0”; Vessel height: 3.5”; 8.4 mm thick.

Handled cup. Unglazed bisque waster.
Warped during firing. Rim diameter:
4.0”; Vessel height: 2.5”; 6.2 mm thick.

Handled cup. Unglazed bisque waster.Rim diameter:  5.5”; Vessel height: 2.25”;
10.3 mm thick.

Oval vegetable dish. Unglazed bisque waster.
Approximately 11” length; 10.6 mm thick.
Impressed Maddock’s Trenton China”
on reverse.

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