Stangl Pottery was located New Jersey and manufactured dinnerware and other items. The company was originally founded as Samuel Hill Pottery in 1814, until 1860 when it became Fulper Pottery. The name changed to Stangl Pottery in 1955. The company ceased production and closed in 1978
Samuel Hill Pottery was named after the founder. During the early stage, the company specialized in storage crocks and clay pipes. Abraham Fulper later became Hill's partner and Fulper bought the company in 1860, renaming it Fulper Pottery. Fulper Pottery still created crocks and red clay pipes, and later they produced fire-proof cookware and the Germ-Proof Filter, the a precursor to the modern water cooler. These provided potable water in public places that normally had non-sanitary water. In the 1900's, John Kusman, the company's most distinguished potter, started creating jugs and vases.
Pottery from China was receiving attention throughout the United States so Fulper wanted the company to produce similar wares. They created glazes based on ancient Chinese pottery and they were part of the Fulper Vasekraft brand. Johann Martin Stangl took over the Vasekraft products and he moved away from copying Chinese pottery. Instead, Stangl created a multitude of designs which included candleholders, bookends, perfume lamps, and tobacco jars.
Upon Fulper's death in 1928, Stangl became president of the company and only the Stangl Pottery line was produced after 1935. From 1929 and onward, the pottery had the marking Stangl or Stangl USA. In addition to dinnerware, Stangl was known for its line of bird figurines which were sold from the 1940s to the 1970s.[3] The bird figurines were called the Birds of America series and their designs were based on illustrations by John James Audubon.
The company's name was changed to Stangl Pottery in 1955, but the company's dinnerware had the Stangl mark from 1930. When Stangl died in 1972, the company's assets were sold to Frank Wheaton, Jr., the owner of Wheaton Industries. The pottery was produced until 1978 when Pfaltzgraff bought the rights and the rest of the assets were liquidated
