Joseph Mayer

Owner of Arsenal Pottery

1845-1899

Born near Staffordshire, England around 1800,Joseph Mayer emigrated to the United States in 1865

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In 1867, Mayer started Arsenal Pottery in Trenton, a city that became a pottery epicenter for the United States

Mayer was known for his creation of several patents for jiggering machines, which used revolving molds for pottery creation. His most popular and well known work was with Rockingham in majolica