VINTAGE W. M Co Willets Manufacturing Comapny Large Ewer

VINTAGE W. M Co Willets Manufacturing Comapny Large Ewer No chips or cracks, worn deco as shown Smoke free home The business that ultimately became the Willets Manufacturing Company began as the Excelsior Pottery of the William Young & Sons company. William Young was an English potter trained at Ridgeway who emigrated to the Trenton area in pursuit of fortune. In 1857 he established the Excelsior Pottery. He maintained it in operation under his name until 1879. That year it was sold to the Willets Manufacturing Company.