Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Jerry Caperelli's Park Place Supper Club Date: 1988   Notes: Gerald Caperell opened his Jerry Caperelli's Park Place Supper Club in Fort Mohave, Arizona, in June 1988, offering complimentary limousine service, nightly "mellow sounds of Mario Surticella" and "our expertly trained staff [to pamper] your every

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Georgia Warm Springs Foundation Date of example:  1930s?   Notes: The Foundation at Warm Springs, Georgia, was an experiment in treating by hydrotherapy individuals who had been handicapped by infantile paralysis. The Georgia Warm Springs Foundation was established in 1927.  In 1934, the old Meriwether Inn was

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Walker-Gordon Date of examples: Circa 1933-1952   Notes: The Walker-Gordon process for processing raw milk with Bacillus Acidophilus cultures was developed in England. In 1897, Walker-Gordon Laboratory Co. purchased farmland in Plainsboro, New Jersey because it was close to New York City and Philadelphia. In 1929, the Borden

Manufacturer: Scammell China Distributor: Albert Pick-Barth Co. User: Vivian Johnson Tea Room, Monmouth Beach, New Jersey Date of example: 1929 -1935   Notes: Vivian Johnson was born in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, in March 1901. Johnson opened a small tea room on River Avenue in 1923. Her tea room and grill on Ocean

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. Distributor: Boutell Bros. User: Cafe Vendome, 19-21 South 4th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota Date of example: Circa 1912 – 1918   Notes: The Vendome Hotel, on South 4th Street in Minneapolis, opened in 1885. The cafe entrance was on the left end of the building. In July 1912, the

Manufacturer: Scammell China, also an unknown maker User: Teibel's, Schererville, Indiana Date of examples: 1938-1954; circa 2013   Notes: In 1929, two young brothers, Martin and Steve Teibel, were running a garage in Hammond, Indiana, when two new highways were announced. These highways, 30 and 41, were going to intersect in Schererville, north

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Distributor: Prael Hegele & Co. User: Swetland's, Portland, Oregon Date of example: Circa 1909-1924   Notes: Edwin Payson Swetland was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1842. He learned the candy business from his father. In 1885, Edwin, his wife, Laura, and son Louis, moved to Portland. In 1886, he opened

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: St. Hubert Old English Grill, Chicago Date of platter: circa 1926-1930   Notes: St. Hubert was founded by an English gentleman and first named Abson's in 1877. In 1893, Charles A. Dawell, who had worked there as a busboy, along with James Gentleman and a couple of other investors,

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Montreal Canadiens Distributor: Cassidy's Ltd., Montreal, Quebec, Canada Date of examples: 1959   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The Montreal Canadiens … and colloquially known as the Habs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. The Canadiens compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member