Archive 1
Royal Muskoka Hotel – Canada
Manufacturer: John Maddock & Sons Ltd – England User: Royal Muskoka Hotel – Ontario, Canada Distributor: T. Eaton Co. – Canada Date of examples: circa 1901 – 1940s   Notes: From Wikipedia: " The Royal Muskoka Hotel was a luxury summer resort hotel on Lake Rosseau in Ontario's Muskoka region that
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Windsor Hall – Fredericton
Manufacturer: Unknown User: Windsor Hall – Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Date of creamer: circa early 1900s   Notes: Windsor Hall was a hotel located in Fredericton, the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. From a 1905, Pocket Guide to the Principal Hotels in the various Canadian maritime provinces,
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Buckminster, Hotel – Spanish Room
Manufacturer: Fraunfelter China User: Hotel Buckminster – Spanish Room – Boston Distributer: Lynde Sanger & Co. – Boston Date of service plate: circa 1924 – 1939   Notes: According to Wikipedia: "Hotel Buckminster [which was] briefly Hotel St. George, was a historic hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. It was located on
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Les Chandelles Restaurant – Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Les Chandelles Restaurant Date of examples: circa 1967 – 1970   Notes: Les Chandelles was a restaurant located at 6000 North Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It was only open for roughly seven years – 1967 to 1974. White body china with a narrow black
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Poodle Dog Grill – Memphis
Manufacturer: Black Knight, Hutschenreuther China – Germany User: Poodle Dog Grill at Hotel Peabody – Memphis, Tennessee Distributor: Albert Pick & Co. Date of footed bowl: 1927   Notes: Located at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tenn., the Poodle Dog Grill was by day one of two popular lunch spots
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Moby Dick's
Manufacturer: Sterling China User: Moby Dick's – Newport, Oregon Date of examples: 1966   Notes: Moby Dick's was a nightclub located at 448 Southwest Coast Highway (U.S. 101) in Newport, Oregon. It opened in 1960, and most likely closed sometime in 2020. A for sale notice was posted on a realtor's
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Fred Harvey – Mimbreño
Manufacturer: Syracuse China Name of Pattern: Mimbreño Date of examples: circa 1936 – 1970   Notes: Mimbreño is a china pattern designed by Mary Colter (photo at left) of the Fred Harvey Company in collaboration R. Guy Cowan of Syracuse China for use on the Santa Fe Railroad's Super Chief
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Mimbreño – Santa Fe Railroad – A.T.S.F.
Manufacturer: Syracuse China Name of Pattern: Mimbreño Date of examples: circa 1936 – 1970   Notes: Mimbreño is a china pattern designed by Mary Colter (photo at left) of the Fred Harvey Company in collaboration R. Guy Cowan of Syracuse China for use on the Santa Fe Railroad's Super Chief
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Monson Hotel, The – St. Augustine, Florida
Manufacturer: Carr China User: The Monson Hotel – St. Augustine, Florida Date of bowl: 1936   Notes: From Wikipedia: "The original Monson hotel was established by Captain Anthony Vincent "Bossy" Monson and his wife Florence Young in the 1880s, not long before the opening of the Flagler hotels made the
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