Moses Tyler & Charles Dillon Pottery
Moses Tyler moved from Massachusetts to Albany, New York in 1822 and set up a pottery on Washington Avenue. Some time between 1826 and 1834 he formed a partnership with John Dillon and moved the pottery down the street to what had been the Cushman Pottery. Tyler left the pottery in 1834 to work alone until he retired in 1840.
After Tyler’s departure Charles Dillon took Jacob Henry and Edward Selby as partners in a new firm known as Dillon, Henry & Company. In 1835 Nathan Porter joined the firm and the name was altered to Dillon, Henry and Porter. Sometime circa 1840 Jacob Henry left the firm and Dillon and Porter moved to West Troy, New York where they operated until 1844 as Porter and Dillon. In 1845 Porter joined Robert Fraser, still in West Troy, as Porter and Fraser. They worked together until 1863 when the business was sold to George B. Seymor.
The first mark used by this pottery may have been “M. Tyler, Washington St, Albany” (in an arc), soon followed by “M. Tyler & Co./Albany” (with the first line in an arc). That mark was retired in favor of “Tyler & Dillon/Albany” with the new 1820′s partnership. In 1834 when Tyler resumed solo work he adopted the mark “M. Tyler, Albany/Manufacturer”.