The Fulper Pottery was established in Flemington, New Jersey in 1805 by Samuel Hill. Initially formed to make utilitarian items like tiles, the Fulper family purchased the pottery in 1860 and expanded the products to include water, vinegar and pickling jars, butter churns, beer bottles and the Fulper Germ Proof Filter in its cobalt decorated stoneware jar that provided public drinking water in many places.
In 1909, Vasekraft art pottery was introduced using the heavy stoneware body, and vases, jardinieres, candle holders, book ends, cooking ware and mugs were added to the kitchen products already in the company’s product line. Further, Fulper made lamp bases and shades in many shapes and sizes, using finer glazes than the original products required.
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Martin Stangl immigrated from Germany in 1910, and after a brief time at the Haeger Potteries, he returned to Fulper as general manager. He developed a series of rose glazes and further developed the Vasekraft line line of classical and oriental forms. Besides lamps and vases, the company made smoking paraphernalia like ash trays and cigarette boxes, and bowls. During World War I, the company made bisque dolls heads and one porcelain doll’s head, known as the Fulper dollhead.
Fulper also made dinnerware in a number of colors, the first of which was a solid green. The Fulper mark is a vertical lozenge shape with the word FULPER written vertically. Both stoneware, china and porcelain items are found in the Fulper catalogs, with the porcelain ones being hand decorated. Look for dresser items as well as vases and decorative items and kitchen stoneware.
Stangl bought the new production facilities in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1930 after a fire destroyed the old plant in Flemington. He changed the production to dinnerware with the Stangl name, then to bird figurines. The name of the Company was changed to the Stangl Pottery in 1955.
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