In 1814, Samuel Hill established the company that was to become Fulper pottery. He was from New Brunswick, New Jersey. Hill produced storage crocks, jars, drain pipes, and other utility pottery products. After his death in 1858, Abram Fulper, a former worker with Samuel Hill, bought the Hill Pottery.
In the 1860's the name changed to Fulper pottery to reflect its new owner. Its products also changed to include different types of stoneware and earthen ware products. After the death of Abraham Fulper, his sons continued the company. The name changed again to Fulper Bros and Co sometime in the 1880s. Meanwhile its products were still utilitarian stoneware, tile and household crockery items, like jars and fire proof cookware.
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The company was incorporated in 1889. In 1909 it introduced its first art pottery named Vasecraft. Fulper pottery art forms were mostly glazes of high quality. Fulper’s superior quality glazes made even its most common art forms striking. One notable Fulper product was his ‘Germ Proof Filter’, a forerunner product of our today’s water cooler. In 1929 the company was acquired by Martin Stangl, who had been the company’s ceramics engineer since 1910. In 1935 Stangl shifted to producing dinner ware.
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