The Pottery

'In 1800, a small pottery was begun just outside the Quakertown borough limits by Abel Penrose. The business was successful and continued under Richard Moore and his son John Jackson Moore until 1879. ' - Pennsylvania Folklife (71) by Lyle Rosenberger, 1980, 82)

"Historical archaeology has given us an important insight into the past at the Penrose/Moore pottery. Abel Penrose, Richard and John Jackson Moore and their master potters produced numerous examples of utilitarian and decorative ceramics for local use. Dishes, jugs, and milk pans emnerged from their wheel and kiln on a regular basis, Th was manufacturing in the original sense of the word, when everything was indeed made by hand. When a pottery of this size continues for nearly 7 decades, high standards had to be the norm." (77)