Fowler is nominally the oldest still existing manufacturer of ceramics in Australia.
[3][4] In 1860 Enoch Fowler bought a machine for making four‑inch drainpipes; this became the mainstay of the works.
[3][1][4] After Robert Fowler's death in 1906, production was moved to Marrickville.
[2] Fowler Pottery ware from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is today collectable.
[2] One division and the name were sold to James Hardie; Fowler became the Fowler Bathroom Products Division of James Hardie, producing exclusively bathroom products.